Author: Albert Silver
Date: 10:08:43 02/27/04
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On February 27, 2004 at 12:26:56, Anthony Cozzie wrote:
>On February 27, 2004 at 08:46:16, Uri Blass wrote:
>
>>I think that the following rule should be a good rule for world championships.
>>
>>Every programmer who participate in the computer world championship has to
>>expose the source code of the program 5 years after the event.
>>
>>It can be good for the following purposes:
>>
>>1)Preventing clones and at least clones will be exposed after 5 years.
>>2)progress in computer chess because people will have access to more
>>information.
>>
>>I suggest 5 years because I believe that if we decide about short time then it
>>may prevent the participation of commercial programs when in case that the code
>>is exposed only after 5 years then 5 years is enough time to make a significant
>>improvement in the program so good programmers can continue to earn money from
>>selling chess programs and participate in the world championship.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>I think that commercial secrets that are kept forever is a bad thing and it is
>>better to have a world when it is not allowed to have commercial secrets for
>>more than 5 years.
>>
>>commercial secrets for a limited time are needed(otherwise people will have less
>>motivation to do things) but commercial secrets for unlimited time are bad for
>>progress because people have less information to learn from.
>>
>>Uri
>
>I honestly see nothing wrong with the ICGA's actions.
>
>1. Assume innocent.
Assume innocent? I was under the impression they assumed guilt and removed List
5.12 from the roster in mid-tournament.
Albert
>
>2. If evidence comes up, fly senior member to view parts of the source code on a
>laptop.
>
>There is no problem to fix here. The ICGA handled this dispute very well. The
>draw issue was not handled as well, but hitting 50% isn't so bad.
>
>anthony
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