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Subject: Re: Why dont engines support the egtb format that Chessmaster uses?

Author: Eugene Nalimov

Date: 12:34:14 04/02/04

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My records show Tenzing first contacted me on 5/28/2003. I replied him on
7/11/2003. Not fast, but not 2 years either. I was on vacation part of the time
in between.

But maybe you are right: IIRC somebody tried to contact me before that, but did
not answer to my request for additional information. I don't remember details,
and it looks that I deleted the mail when cleaned the archive years ago.

Thanks,
Eugene

On April 02, 2004 at 15:09:50, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:

>On April 02, 2004 at 14:26:46, Eugene Nalimov wrote:
>
>>Yes, to hime I gave permission to use the code in Avery Cardoza’s Chess. Not in
>>other chess-related program or engine.
>
>So you are now admitting that it took more than 2 years and a public posting for
>you to give permission.
>
>That is correct?
>
>Further you are contradicting yourself again.
>
>>Thanks,
>>Eugene
>>
>>On April 02, 2004 at 12:57:59, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:
>>
>>>On April 02, 2004 at 12:51:58, Eugene Nalimov wrote:
>>>
>>>>On April 02, 2004 at 12:42:36, Dieter Buerssner wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On April 02, 2004 at 11:46:32, Eugene Nalimov wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>Vincent, I did not gave you permission to use *my* code in your convertor, or I
>>>>>>am missing something?
>>>>>
>>>>>I am using your code in my engine (with your and Andrew Kadatch's permission).
>>>>>Built into the engine, there is a function, which you can call a converter. It
>>>>>converts (typicall once at setup time) most of the 3 and 4-men tables to an own
>>>>>W/D/L format (they are loaded to RAM then, for fast access).
>>>>>
>>>>>I never thought about it, but now I feel unsecure. Can you comment on this?
>>>>>
>>>>>I also posted a W/D table (as C source) for KPK here - this table was generated
>>>>>from kpk.nbw/nbb
>>>>>
>>>>>Regards,
>>>>>Dieter
>>>>
>>>>Dieter, you -- and *everybody* else who ever asked me -- have permission to use
>>>>the code. The only compensation I (and Andrew Kadatch) ever asked was 2 copies
>>>>of program from commercial authors. One for me, other for some chess-playing
>>>>friends of mine.
>>>>
>>>>Vincent never asked the permission. Somebody who uses (weaked) Vincent's engine
>>>>in the commercial product asked me, and got the permission.
>>>
>>>==> so you remember now that you gave permission for commercial usage to the
>>>project leader Tenzing Kernan who by the way needed to write to you 10 times
>>>before you answerred email over a period of 2 years. It took him a posting to
>>>CCC to get an answer.
>>>
>>>That's good that you remember it anyway.
>>>
>>>Still want to start that courtcase?
>>>
>>>>Thanks,
>>>>Eugene



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