Author: Bob Durrett
Date: 11:52:50 12/02/03
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On December 02, 2003 at 13:29:06, Georg v. Zimmermann wrote: > >>>I am starting to get a VERY BAD FEELING about this. It is beginning to sound >>>like automation of chess tournaments necessarily must involve the Internet Chess >>>Club [ICC]. That is clearly unacceptable. ICC is a privately owned company and >>>it should have no claim on all future automated chess tournaments worldwide. >>>This is starting to smell bad! >> >>I don't think the protocols are proprietary. FICS protocols are similar, if not >>identical and the software is open source. It does not matter if ICC is >>private, as long as the protocols and software are open. >> >>Bob even suggested that future WCCC use the FICS software on a local server to >>run the tourney, whick is a stellar idea, IMO. :) >> > >I understand Bob D.'s concern and I think they are valid, but indeed the >protocols are similar enough so that there is not too much of a danger. > >In fact the protocols are quite different when you try to do more sophisticated >things in an interface, like grafical search displays as blitzin or other >interfaces has, but for the basic functions, the similarity is quite big. > >Georg > >>MH >> >>> >>>Bob D. Hmmm. Well, if I were "the man putting up the money," I might consider releasing a request for bids, and let ICC and anyone else bid on it. Then it would be ligitimate for ICC to run the "automated" tournament, or provide the software and server, if they won the contract. It would even be proper to pay them for their services. My concern was that "automation of computer tournaments" might imply the necessity of using ICC. Even with only two organizations having the required capability is bad enough. Ideally, the tournament organizers would have their own equipment and server and would not have to pay someone else. Whatever. Bob D.
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