Author: Miguel A. Ballicora
Date: 09:45:30 06/21/02
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On June 21, 2002 at 12:01:46, Christophe Theron wrote: >On June 21, 2002 at 11:45:40, Miguel A. Ballicora wrote: > >>On June 21, 2002 at 08:12:39, Peter McKenzie wrote: >> >>>Great news that we have a ruling on this. >>> >>>Peter >> >>I find this rule outrageous and a shame. It is taylor-made for the commercial >>companies. >> >>Miguel > > > >It has been discussed between the programmers themselves for a few months. > >The rule has not been imposed by the ICCA. It has been suggested to the ICCA by >most of the programmers, *including* amateurs. How many amateurs agree to this? Did Hyatt and Moreland agree? I doubt it. >The rule is not taylor-made for commercial companies. It has been designed in >the spirit of respecting the copyrights on opening books. Yes it is, because of this: "The same book author is allowed to compete more than once with the same book or a different book." The fact that some amatateurs agree does not change the fact that commercial engines can benefit from using one author in different teams i.e. the book author. >For the first time the programmeurs have a say on the rules way before the event >starts. That's a significant progress. Good, that is progress from the organization's point of view. It would be nice that the competitors choose conditions that are fair for everybody. Miguel > > > Christophe
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