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Subject: Re: when is a clone a clone?

Author: martin fierz

Date: 04:09:55 11/28/03

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On November 28, 2003 at 07:04:59, Gerd Isenberg wrote:

>On November 28, 2003 at 05:00:49, martin fierz wrote:
>
>>just a short question:
>>
>>if i rip assembler stuff like popcount and firstone from the crafty source, but
>>the rest of my program is entirely different, am i doing something wrong?
>>
>>if i use the kogge-stone floodfill algorithms posted here by steffan westcott,
>>am i doing something wrong?
>>
>>how much foreign code is allowed?
>>
>>cheers
>>  martin
>>
>>PS: i use a table-based popcount, not crafty's assembly code. i use a modified
>>version of crafty's lastone. i don't use steffan's floodfill code, but i plan to
>>give it a try.
>
>IMHO all code snippets posted here in CCC are intended for public use.
>Steffan explicitly gave his permission to use his KoggeStone stuff:
>
>http://www.chess-archive.com/ccc.php?art_id=261956
>
>Gerd

hi gerd,

i know steffan gave his permission - but the question is whether the ICGA would
rule this as a clone? if i used these functions, i would be using code from
another author...

cheers
  martin



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