Author: Bob Durrett
Date: 06:32:50 12/22/02
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On December 22, 2002 at 05:51:33, stuart taylor wrote: >On December 21, 2002 at 14:46:59, Bob Durrett wrote: > >>On December 21, 2002 at 14:44:44, Arshad Syed wrote: >> >>>Can someone confirm this? I believe I read somewhere that the FIDE is going to >>>make the match between the top chess program and the World Chess Champion an >>>annual event. Going by the prize money involved recently, $1 mil. may soon >>>become a standard feature. >>> >>>Regards, >>>Arshad >> >>If my chess engine won, would I have to give Uri half of the prize money? >> >>Bob D. > >You would pay him according to the acceptable rate for a consultant.A modest >consultant at first. If that includes a percentage, that should never exceed 1%. >Well, even if we should say 5%, that wouldn't bring in huyge money either, >unless it wins a large share in a $1000,000 prize, and even that isn't exactly >like winning a lottery for the 5% of the consultant. >S.Taylor You would only give him 5%????? Bob D. >> >> >> >>> >>>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
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