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Subject: Re: Chessmaster 10th Edition demo (legalities)

Author: Daniel Jackson

Date: 20:53:03 07/22/04

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On July 19, 2004 at 22:10:59, Johan de Koning wrote:

>On July 18, 2004 at 08:50:35, Daniel Jackson 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
>>
>>There is nothing Ubi-Soft can do, it was there error. Who I feel for is Johan:(
>
>There's 1000s of files in Chessmaster, many of which are compatible
>in both directions. Complaints usuallly are triggered by files that
>are *not* compatible. :-)
>
>Though this particular file's compatibility was on my (and probably
>only mine) to-do list, it never made it to the priority section. So
>there's no need to feel sorry for me. Feel happy about a free update
>instead.
>
>And as far as legal issues are concerned, I think John Merlino already
>made the point clear, based on experience with the OPK work-around.
>In short: creative use of data is allowed for personal use. Just don't
>sell it, or distribute cracked products.
>
>... Johan

Thanks Johan! Sorry I just read this a recently.

Daniel



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