Author: Drexel,Michael
Date: 10:27:45 06/07/04
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On June 07, 2004 at 13:04:46, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: >On June 07, 2004 at 12:42:34, Drexel,Michael wrote: > >>On June 07, 2004 at 09:03:24, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: >> >>>Chessbase has filed a legal complaint at the police schachserver.de for selling >>>cdroms filled with nalimov databases. >> >>I could be wrong but I seriously doubt Chessbase is concerned about CDs filled >>with tablebase files. >> >>He might have sold pirated copies of programs and databases from Chessbase as >>well. Maybe one of those dubious Powersellers? >> >>The police from Waiblingen has most likely no clue about Nalimov tablebases. >> >>Michael > >The police inquiries explicitly *only* mention Nalimov tablebase sales as the >primary reason for their inquiry. Nothing else gets mentionned. I'm 100% sure >Chessbase would file a complaint to the police regarding other software if that >was the case and it would explicitly get mentionned here. Why??? This is a letter to K-H Milaster. It is clear that the police has no reason to mention other software if he only bought the Nalimov tablebase CDs from the ebayer. > >The police has just as many clues as the information you give them. > >Please read what is written at the url i gave. it's very explicit. > >> >>> >>>http://www.schachserver.de/Kripo/kripo.html >>> >>>If chessbase complaint is seen as a valid one, then the person in question will >>>go to jail for asking copycosts for Nalimov EGTBs. >>> >>>As Nalimov never reacts on his email, perhaps Nalimov can comment whether >>>persons (so non-programmers) are free to obtain his EGTBs or whether it is >>>chessbase who has his rights to sell them and only chessbase? >>> >>>I was under the impression that lately Nalimov claimed copyrights on his source >>>code to read his egtb's, and that the egtb's themselves were free to copy >>>around. >>> >>>a) Is there author rights on every EGTB file now? >>>b) Is nalimov aware that chessbase files complaints against everyone asking >>>copycosts for CD's with nalimov format EGTBs on it?
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