Author: Uri Blass
Date: 07:15:17 03/08/03
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On March 08, 2003 at 10:06:44, Peter Kasinski wrote: >On March 08, 2003 at 09:25:08, Uri Blass wrote: > >>On March 08, 2003 at 09:00:13, Mogens Larsen wrote: >> >>>On March 08, 2003 at 08:37:29, Uri Blass wrote: >>> >>>>If it is provided only for people who buy pocket grandmaster then I do not >>>>consider it as free and it is possible that the author earns something from it. >>> >>>I'll rely on the readme rather than private speculation. From your point of view >>>List 5.04 and Anaconda 1.00 are commercial as well by their association with >>>exclusive Chessbase functionality, whether they receive anything for their >>>troubles or not. That is pure nonsense. >>> >>>Regards, >>>Mogens >> >>I agree that from my point of view List5.04 and Anconda1.00 are commercial. >>I see no reason to consider a program as a free program if people need to buy >>another program to get it. >> >>Maybe I should change my definitions and the word commercial is not the right >>word but the word free is also not right because by my understanding a free >>chess program means that nobody needs to buy another chess program to use it. >> >>Uri > >Not a single program is free since you have to get a computer to use it. When I say free I mean free for people who did not buy other chess programs. The money that some people pay to be connected to the internet is not included. Uri
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