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Subject: Re: Chess for Fun, Chess for Money

Author: Rolf Tueschen

Date: 15:26:36 07/06/04

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On July 06, 2004 at 18:22:09, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On July 06, 2004 at 18:19:28, Rolf Tueschen wrote:
>
>>On July 06, 2004 at 18:10:01, Fernando Villegas wrote:
>>
>>>Bob:
>>>It is not my business to commend you this or that line of life, you are as old
>>>as me, but according to my experience some money, even if not too much, is very
>>>good to alleviate bad moments experienced when you work for commercial reasons.
>>>Anyway, 36 years for free give you a good reason to begin the next 36 for the
>>>cash.
>>>Why not?
>>>I for my part would be charme to get good Crafty with good own GUI and so on
>>>for some bucks to fund you at least a week end movie rental.
>>>When you see some lousy programs sold in Internet at 30 or even 40 bucks...
>>>Fernando
>>
>>
>>I dont know what this should be good for. You know very well that Bob can't have
>>it both ways. He can't sell a program as a private that he develops as a
>>Professor.
>
>
>Actually I can.  But I have no intention to do so as I have said in the past.
>My computer chess work pre-dates my employment at UAB and doesn't fall under
>their intellectual property rights guidelines not that they would care anyway.
>They think about drug patents worth millions, not chess programs worth hundreds.
>:)


Then I had it wrong, sorry. I thought I had read something like that in one of
your rgcc messages. Theoretical question: you could sell a university project or
product out of such a project? Because I thought Crafty came during your time at
the UAB? - What exactly is the answer?



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