Author: Tony Hedlund
Date: 04:28:54 08/27/02
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On August 26, 2002 at 15:58:11, Dann Corbit wrote: >On August 26, 2002 at 15:43:16, Uri Blass wrote: > >>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. > >I don't think SSDF should mix and match books. I agree. But Uri is right, we can if we want to. Tony >If they do that, and you want to >reproduce results, then you will have to buy both products to achieve the >required configuration. > >It becomes more expensive to try to replicate the results of some particular >run.
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