Author: Andrew Dados
Date: 08:40:40 09/09/03
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On September 08, 2003 at 19:29:22, Mike Byrne wrote: >On September 08, 2003 at 18:49:03, Robin Smith wrote: > >>On September 07, 2003 at 18:08:14, Mike Byrne wrote: >> >>>My definition is quite simple. If the software violates the licenisng >>>agreement, it is illegal. I have read the UBI Soft licensing agreement and like >>>most agreements, distrubuting licensed modified code to others (registered or >>>not registered ) users is prohibited. That is exactly what deadking is, it is >> >>NO!! Deadking does NOT distribute ANY UBI Soft code. It is a program, seperately >>written, that modifies UBI Soft code. If you don't have theking.exe, which is >>NOT included with deadking, then deadking will not work. It was designed by its >>programmer only for legal owners of CM9K. Although I am not a lawyer, I don't >>believe there is anything illegal about deadking. >> >>Robin > >The UBI Soft License Agreement (page after 67, this page is not numbered): > >• You may not modify, translate, reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble the >Software, except to the extent that this restriction is expressly prohibited by >applicable law. > >I think that is pretty clear cut. So where do deadking "modify, translate, reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble " the King engine or any part of chessmaster? From your postings it is clear you don't understand how winboard engines work and what is going on. Would you try to block a post explaining how *unmodified* fritz can be used as Quake level generator? Or maybe you think reading winboard protocol output is 'reverse engeneering'? Note about 'reverse engeneering' clause in licence: in quite several countries owner of software has all his rights to reverse engeneer it and such a licence agreement would be illegal there. But this is beyond the issue here. -Andrew-
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