Author: Marc van Hal
Date: 04:31:25 05/01/02
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On April 30, 2002 at 23:28:59, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On April 30, 2002 at 17:52:01, Ed Schröder wrote: > >>On April 30, 2002 at 16:31:01, Peter McKenzie wrote: >> >>>This isn't a copyright issue, its not even a legal issue in the traditional >>>sense. It is about the rules for a particular competition, namely the ICCA >>>World Computer Chess Championship. If the rules say that you can't use someone >>>elses book in the tournament (and its not even clear that they do say this), >>>then you can't use someone elses book regardless of what copyright says. >> >>You have understood the problem, you are not going to fight your own opening >>book in world championship event. >> >>Ed >> > >Of course, this begs the _other_ issue. Do I have to "fight" Jeroen's book >_two_ times in a single tournament? That hardly seems fair either. Yet he >does the book for Rebel and Tiger... >I think it is fair (talking about the upcomming version of Tiger). If Jeroen has givven both programs his authorisation of using this book and if they are registered in this way. Regards Marc > > > >>>Of course ICCA can't send you to jail if you break their rules :-) But they can >>>chuck you out of their tournament.
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