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Subject: Re: how many chess programs have more than one author?

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 08:23:38 07/03/03

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On July 03, 2003 at 11:15:45, Jens Kahlenberg wrote:

>On July 03, 2003 at 10:16:08, Uri Blass wrote:
>
>>On July 03, 2003 at 09:57:17, Jens Kahlenberg wrote:
>>
>><snipped>
>>>>a possible test may be for example to give programmer the data structure of my
>>>>program,explanation of the meaning of every varaible and the job of every
>>>>function that is used in the move generator(some functions are for incremental
>>>>update of attack tables) and to give them the job of filling the missing parts.
>>>
>>>
>>>I read somewhere below that your program has _lots_ of global variables. So
>>>probably nobody else than _you_ can pass the suggested test. A programmer trying
>>>to fill in the missing parts will _definitely_ fail. The answer of responsible
>>>programmers to your test should be: redesign before filling the missing parts.
>>>
>>>Regards,
>>>Jens
>>
>>Part of the global varaibles that I have are not relevant for calculating perft.
>>
>>I decided to add global varaibles in my redsign of my move generator but it is
>>clear that the programmers who need to fill the missing part should get a clear
>>explanation of the meaning of the relevant global varaibles and they do not need
>>to guess.
>>
>>I do not think that nobody can do it except me.
>>The idea is not practical because I do not want to expose the full structure of
>>my program so it is possible to do the test with another program.
>>
>>Uri
>
>Hi Uri,
>
>I guess you've found the key: You don't want to expose the full structure of
>your program (same holds for most chess programmers). That's the point why your
>idea of teams IMHO will hardly work in chess programming wildlife: One partner
>may leave the team and tell the _real_tricks_ that are essential to this kind of
>programming.
>
>Regards,
>Jens

The point is that in case of having no contract I am afraid that it is going to
happen but 2 programmers can agree to a contract that does not allow one to sell
a chess program without the agreement of the second programmer.

Uri



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