Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 20:16:53 06/21/02
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On June 21, 2002 at 21:21:48, Keith Evans wrote: >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 I consider it a "special case" that is OK. Why? Because the tables are finite and fixed in their content. They contain perfect mate-in-N or draw scores for a pre-defined set of positions. If I construct a valid set of tables and you construct a valid set, the content will be identical. Since that is the case, I don't object to everyone using them. They aren't "custom-made" to contain suggested lines of play, for example. They would be exactly the same for everybody if they share, or if they "roll their own." I would object if someone had done the tables (Eugene, say) and then he only let a select few people use them in tournaments. Because then he would be exerting influence on the tournament result by favoring those participants. As it is, he favors _nobody_ since the commercial and amateur engines can all use the tables equally. That is my complaint about "shared books". It is simply not a fair way to participate... based on the one-program/one-author type of rule the ICCA has always used...
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