Author: Jeroen Noomen
Date: 06:08:16 05/01/02
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On May 01, 2002 at 06:19:35, Mike S. wrote: Take the following exampe: I buy MS Office, use the very same look, buttons, screens etc. to make a software package that is very much the same, tell the world 'Yes, I used MS Office to make this beautiful new package'. You think this is legal? I bet you would receive a 'threatening' letter by MS immediately. And rightly so. Jeroen >On May 01, 2002 at 03:24:25, Jeroen Noomen wrote: > >>(...) >>Just attend to my home one time, and I will show you what work and knowledge >>REALLY is necessary. > >This is your point, but not what Russel was talking about. > >There's no doubt that much work and knowledge is necessary to create a good >opening book, but you can't claim rights on chess moves. I.e. if a Rebel program >plays an opening line with your book and the game is published, that line might >appear in various books people create from games collections. Has a part of your >book been stolen by that? > >But something else I wanted to ask: What if a normal customer (and programmer), >who has bought a Rebel program including your book, uses it to support his own >engine in a big tournament? He says, if have bought this software, and I use it >legally. > >What about that? > >I'm not talking about people who take parts of your book and offer it as their >own work (that's obviously not ok), but cases where somebody could say "Yes, I >use the Noomen openings which I've paid for when buying Rebel Century (for >example), for the games my engine XY plays in that tournament." Is this illegal >(in terms of law)? > >I've asked the question before: >http://www.talkchess.com/forums/1/message.html?227217 > >Regards, >M.Scheidl
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