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Subject: Re: New ChessMaster......Will it? ... No it won't :-(

Author: Mike S.

Date: 07:32:48 03/31/04

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On March 31, 2004 at 00:26:07, Johan de Koning wrote:

>>Or, will it be allowed to use it as a
>>winboard engine?
>
>Only with the usual OPK hassle.

Why don't you put a CD request, and/or a check for correct CM installation in
the engine? Take a look how i.e. Shredder does that. That is user friendly. Due
to the configuration hassle, I'm not considering to buy nor to recommend a new
Chessmaster version when that OPK nonsense isn't discarded.

The main CM program installalion could check for the original CD by all possible
security means, and the engine would only have to check for that on the system.
I can imagine an encrypted registry key could serve for that or the like (I have
no idea how that is done usually). It should be possible to replace the OPK
method with something, which allows a simple use in other WB.-capable GUIs like
with any other WB.-engine.

Regards,
Mike Scheidl



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