Author: Uri Blass
Date: 12:43:16 08/26/02
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On August 26, 2002 at 12:07:52, Jeroen Noomen wrote: >On August 25, 2002 at 18:54:11, Bas Hamstra wrote: > >>I never implied otherwise. But you make "take their stuff" sound like I steal >>it. But what if I BOUGHT it? > >If I buy a book or a CD I can read the book or play the CD. But I am not allowed >to state 'I wrote this book' or 'This is my music work on this CD'. I even >cannot COPY parts of the book and use it for my own, without a permission of the >publisher. In case of 'using' a commercial book: You'll either have to hack the >code (illegal) or play with the same GUI that supports such a book (not allowed >in the ICGA rules). > >So why not keep it simple: Invite a brilliant opening expert in the Tao team! >Completely legal, gives you a new book that nobody knows :-). > > >>That's not the same. THIS is the same: 1000 copies of Tao being sold. The >buyers own their copy, and if there was a guy with a super-book and he used his >>copy+book in a tournament under the name SuperChess I would have no problem >with that. He bought it, he owns his copy. He can do with it what he likes. He >can use the CD as a frisbee for his dog, play at a server, or compete in >>tournaments. I don't care :-) > >Well, in that matter I am having a different opinion. And I think most of the >programmers that make a living out of computerchess as well. Besides, the rules >are not allowing such a combination :-). My opinion is that it depends on the competition. If it is a competition that Christophe is involved directly like wccc then I think that the rules should not allow opponents to use the tiger's book. If it is a competition that a user does for fun and publish the results then I see no problem unless the user hide information about the book that was used. I consider ssdf as one of the most serious competition that users do for fun. If the users(ssdf testers) bought both Fritz7 and Tiger14 they should be allowed to test tiger14 with Fritz7's book without a special permission from you or from kure or from christophe. If the testers got it as a gift they should not be allowed to test tiger14 with fritz7's book if there is an objection. Uri
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