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Subject: Re: Why is it impossible... With permission from the author..very possib

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 02:19:18 03/17/04

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On March 17, 2004 at 02:50:28, Thorsten Czub wrote:

>On March 16, 2004 at 16:25:27, Uri Blass wrote:
>>I do not understand.
>>What is the reason for his objection that somebody else will continue his
>>program?
>>
>>If he has objection then what is the reason that he gave you his source code or
>>maybe I understood wrong and you were joking and he did not give you the source
>>code.
>>
>>Uri
>
>uri that is a long story.
>
>in working on CSTal chris send me nearly 1 version a day.
>often he changed something and later did not know what it was.
>i then made the offer to send me not only the versions but also the source code
>of this verison, this way we would be able to start from this verison if the
>change was any good.
>
>the source code is btw. very funny because it has many funny comments.
>
>i don't think that chris wants to do programming again, and i also think that he
>does not want to see anything he had done continued. he left the scene
>in anger.

Anger about who or what?

Anger about some people is not a reason that I understand to leave chess
programming and I think that leaving chess programming is a good reason to
release your source unless you sell your program or plan to use some ideas that
you use in chess programming for other games and you do not want to help your
opponents.

Uri



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