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Subject: Re: Additional rules for wmccc

Author: Keith Evans

Date: 18:21:48 06/21/02

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On June 21, 2002 at 14:13:17, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On June 21, 2002 at 12:05:12, Jeroen Noomen wrote:
>
>>On June 21, 2002 at 11:45:40, Miguel A. Ballicora wrote:
>>
>>So you find it OK that any program that play under a specific GUI
>>can use ANY book that is available with that GUI? Without permission
>>of the author?
>>
>>You think that it is fair that such programs can have a big advantage
>>over others by simply copying and/or merging books together that are
>>not their property?
>>
>>Jeroen
>>
>>
>
>No.  But neither to I find it fair that I might have to play against
>different programs using the _same_ book _with_ permission.  I believe
>in one author per program, _period_.  No shared books.  No shared code.
>Each person picks a team to associate with, and that is that...

Just curious - do you consider Eugene's tablebase access code to be a special
case of shared code, or would you object to people sharing that?

-Keith



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