Author: Peter McKenzie
Date: 17:47:38 09/23/02
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On September 23, 2002 at 17:59:35, Dann Corbit wrote: >There is zero chance that Ruffian is a copy of Fritz 6. None at all. > >Fritz 6 does not play under Winboard. Ruffian does. Nobody has the Fritz 6 >code except the original author. > >Not even any sort of slight, remote chance is involved. You are barking up the >wrong tree. Dan, you are getting carried away here. Just because you say something 4 times doesn't make it true. It is of course possible to disassemble Fritz or any other chess program, thereby gaining access to everything you need to steal the engine. Impossible? Absolutely not, no way, nada, not on your life. Unlikely? Yes. But I've spoken to at least one chess programer who has had a peek inside a commercial engine using a disassembler. I believe that you can easily find out quite a bit if you have the right skills. Of course I'm not at all suggesting that Ruffian is the result of disassembling Fritz, I wouldn't have the slightest idea about that although it seems unlikely. I'm just saying that in theory (and it would be quite alot of work) it is possible. cheers, Peter > >To show that two excellent chess programs make similar moves is hardly damning >evidence. In fact, I would strongly suspect it. > >After all, most programs agree on most of the positions in WAC.
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