Author: Bob Durrett
Date: 09:45:13 11/28/03
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On November 28, 2003 at 12:20:01, Russell Reagan wrote: >On November 28, 2003 at 04:22:08, Tony Werten wrote: > >>Point is that when there are 7, there seems to be a valid reason to have some >>very very little doubt. In this case the author has to to provide the >>sourcecode. Failing to do so got him kicked out, not the suspiscion, not the >>complainer, not the question wether or not List is a Crafty clone. >> >>It would be quite ironic if List was a crafty clone. For me as a dutchman the >>name Crafty has a feeling of "cunning" and List has a meaning of "cunning trick" > >Tony, > >Of course you will only have a small number if you only limit it to the 7 that >List had in common with Crafty. If I compare with all of the Crafty files, I >get: > >GNU Chess 13 >Exchess 7 >Sjeng 5 >Gerbil 3 >TSCP 3 >Arasan 3 >Resp 3 >Faile 3 >Phalanx 3 > >Surely GNU Chess is a Crafty clone! Or maybe GNU Chess borrowed file names from >Crafty (or vice versa). My point is that it is possible that some ancient >version of a program was based upon Crafty and the only remaining evidence is >the similar file names. Or maybe the author had read the source of Crafty and >those file names were fresh in his mind when creating his program, so he named >them the same. I would expect something shocking to take such action as the ICGA >did. Something like 18 out of 22 same file names, and it would have to include >some of the less generic names: crafty.c, enprise.c, nexte.c, nextr.c, >preeval.c, searchmp.c, searchr.c, testepd.c, validate.c, x86.c. Having files >named main.c, search.c, make.c, eval.c and so on is not evidence of anything >other than a program that has a main function, that searches, that makes moves, >and that evaluates positions, just like any chess program. I agree with you 100%. Crafty is clearly a GNU Chess clone. They should ban Hyatt from participating in any more tournaments. : ) Bob D.
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