Author: Peter Berger
Date: 04:56:23 05/01/02
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On May 01, 2002 at 07:23:23, Jeroen Noomen wrote: >Anyway, every book that is printed, has a sentence in it (something like): >Copying and reproduction is prohibited, without the written permission of the >author. That says it all, isn't it? > >Jeroen > This doesn't make sense to me. Who would buy a book on openings then? One of the main purposes is to do just that: read the analysis, try to understand, check if you like it, try to improve it at times and then play it on the board for yourself. Is this violation of copyrights ? I don't think so - else you wouldn't write a book about openings in the first place. Now to opening books of professional chessprograms; one reason to buy them is to learn more about opening theory. For example this is the one and only reason why I bought Fritz 7. And if I prepare an opening book for a chessprogram I will definitely use books on openings but also tools like the Powerbook or check lines in books of commercial programs and if I like something very much I might include it. I can't see even the slightest problem with copyrights here - much to the opposite ; this is the same every human player does in preparation for his games. For sure reverse engineering another opening book and using it for your own program is something else IMHO. Peter
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