Author: Daniel Jackson
Date: 12:26:46 07/18/04
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On July 18, 2004 at 12:00:44, John Merlino wrote: >On July 18, 2004 at 11:48:30, Daniel Jackson wrote: > >>On July 18, 2004 at 11:33:53, Norm Pollock wrote: >> >>>On July 18, 2004 at 07:29:23, Terry Giles wrote: >>> >>>> >>>>Hi CCC friends, >>>> >>>>I have both CM6000 and CM9000, but what are the legalities about loading the new >>>>CM10th ed demo engine into CM9000, as I understand that this demo version will >>>>run perfectly well and without any restrictions in CM9000? >>>> >>>>Terry Giles >>> >>>Has anyone answered the original question about "legalities"? Is it legal or >>>not? >> >>Technically no. But they gave it away, whether it's legal to take the engine >>makes little difference...they failed to secure the engine from being copied. >>They can't prosecute. > >It is irrelevant that "they gave it away". The cost has nothing to do with it >or, because otherwise it would be impossible to protect the copyrights of >freeware (which we all know IS protected by law). > >So, once again, and not being a legal expert in any way but having been involved >in the release of LOTS of software, I feel that there is no problem with using >the CMX000 engine within CM9000 as long as you legally obtained both engines and >both programs were legally installed on the same computer. > >>John Merlino can explain why this wouldn't have happen on his watch. There would >>have been a obk number for CM10 like there was for 8 etc. to prevent this form >>of piracy. > >There IS an opk number in the CMX0000 demo engine. The problem is that it uses >the same formula as the CM9000 engine. I made sure that the formula from CM8000 >was changed for CM9000 to prevent this from happening. Yes, sorry that is true of course. > >>Some may actually take the engine and give Johan 20 bucks! That would be good >>for Johan...and suck for Ubi-Soft:) > >Which would be illegal for BOTH parties. Johan (IIRC) is not allowed to make any >money from The King apart from Chessmaster sales. And users are not allowed to >have copies of the engine that were obtained outside Ubi Soft's distribution >channels. > >jm Ouch! Ok....I see now, again you're correct, I never thought it through... Thanks John!
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