Author: Torstein Hall
Date: 05:51:19 05/01/02
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On May 01, 2002 at 03:09:10, Ed Schröder wrote: >On April 30, 2002 at 18:01:21, Torstein Hall wrote: > >>>You have understood the problem, you are not going to fight your own opening >>>book in world championship event. >>> >>>Ed > > >>Of course I understand your frustration, but...... >> >>In normal chess at the highest level the GM's are saving their best opening >>innovations to important events. When one player has made the move it is common >>knowledge, and everyone is free to use it. So at least if Rebel has played the >>opening sequence in one game, I think it is fair to copy that part at least! > >Sure. > > >>And if a player makes his moves public, say in a opening book, a human book >>about openings that is :-), of course everyone must be free to use his moves as >>well. And in one way, that is what you have done when selling the program with >>a opening book! > >There appears to be some misunderstandings on the issue. > >When you buy software it doesn't mean you suddenly own the copyright of the >product, no the copyright remains the intellectual property of the producer. >What you buy is the right to use the software. > >We are not talking about improving the opening book of program_X because it has >lost some games against Rebel because of Rebel's opening book, that is not the >issue. We are talking here about a copy & paste of 14 years hard work which is >copyrighted (see the header in any Rebel book) and use it in world >championships. > >Ed Morally I agree 100% with you. I would find it repugnant if someone just copyed another programs opening book. Its just the legal part I'm not so sure about. But I hope it is protected legally in some way to. Torstein > > >>Torstein >> >>> >>>>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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