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Subject: Re: Bob: ELChinito a clone from Crafty ...

Author: Dan Honeycutt

Date: 08:50:54 08/22/04

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On August 22, 2004 at 11:20:56, Frank Quisinsky wrote:

>On August 22, 2004 at 10:54:04, Dan Honeycutt wrote:
>
>>On August 22, 2004 at 09:58:09, Frank Quisinsky wrote:
>>
>>[snip]
>>
>>>02. To public such things is not right!
>>>Right is to search the way to the programmers and to the persons which
>>>distributed the software.
>>
>>
>>Hi Frank:
>>I agree with you that we should not judge until all the facts are in, including
>>any response the programmers may make.  But I disagree with you that to publish
>>or make public such things is not right.
>>
>>Clones are a scourge on our hobby.  No one should make baseless allegations and
>>it does not appear that Paul has.  He has presented strong evidence and his
>>findings are available for anyone to confirm independently.  I imagine this
>>required no small investment of his own time.
>>
>>The problem of clones will always exist but work like Paul has done will help
>>keep it in check.
>>
>>Dan H.
>
>Hi Dan,
>
>I have no problems to public anything if we have a clearly proof for it. The
>first way to go is to contact the programmers. The first way isn't to contact
>the user community.
>
>Why not, we have a police men with Paul. Nothing againt Paul and his work but I
>hope that not to many of such information are public in chess forum before the
>programmers can write about it.
>
>To danger!!
>
>Best
>Frank


Most courteous would be to send the data to the programmers before making it
public.  But if you are convinced that the data leaves no doubt, what reply
would you expect?

Dan H.



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