Author: Bob Durrett
Date: 14:22:20 11/27/03
Go up one level in this thread
On November 27, 2003 at 17:03:50, swaminathan natarajan wrote: >those are commercial programs from different county > >how could author of Fritz the source to Shredder or shredder to fritz as they >are commercial I'm sorry, Swaminathan, but I cannot translate. Please elaborate. My guess is that we will be in agreement. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ My point is that the "rule," that programmers must spill their guts to certain individuals called "tournament organizers," could not stand up in a Court of Law. In fact, the affected programmer may wish to seek an Attorney! He could Sue someone for Defamation of Character, if nothing else. The requirement that anyone reveal their source code seems contrary to the law to me. The source code is proprietary. My guess is that none of the participants ever imagined that anyone would actually try to force them to reveal their proprietary data. The tournament organizer's "rule" could not stand up in Court. It was probably ignored by all of the entrants. Proprietary data is still proprietary regardless of what tournament organizers write or say. They can stamp their feet and shout and clap their hands but the Jury will still side with the programmer. There are laws which protect people's proprietary rights! Believe it or not, programmers have rights too! A grave injustice may have been done to the programmer, and a grave mistake made by the tournament organizers who could now be hauled into Court. Bob D.
This page took 0 seconds to execute
Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700
Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.