Author: Uri Blass
Date: 11:54:35 12/21/02
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On December 21, 2002 at 14:19:15, Martin Giepmans wrote: >On December 21, 2002 at 12:49:34, Uri Blass wrote: > >>I believe that I have ideas that can help your program to get to commercial >>level or better than it in the next year. >> >>If you are interested in these ideas then you can send me an email and maybe we >>can work together and earn money from the ideas. >> >>I know that there are a lot of programmers near crafty level that do not earn >>money from their chess program so I believe that they cannot lose money from an >>agreement that gives part of the money that they will earn from chess programs >>to me because without me they are not going to earn money from their chess >>program. >> >>If I get replies I will decide if there is a programmer that I can trust and if >>the answer is positive then it is possible that we can sign a contract with a >>lawyer before I tell him my ideas. >> >>This may be also relevant to programmers of commercial programs who want to >>improve their program. >> >>Uri > > >Interesting proposal! >But even if you are near the top you will not earn much money with >a chess program nowadays. If money is the goal, there are easier ways ... > >Martin I agree that today you are not going to earn much money from being near the top(unless you get a match with kasparov or kramnik like Junior and Fritz) but earning something is better than earning nothing. I agree that people who work on chess programs do not do it mainly for money but it does not mean that they are against the idea of earning some money from their program if they can do it. I do not know if someone will accept my proposal and I plan to continue to try to improve movei even if nobody accept it. Thanks for your support in another post. Uri
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