Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 20:03:42 08/22/04
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On August 22, 2004 at 22:03:19, Stuart Cracraft wrote: >On August 22, 2004 at 11:29:35, Uri Blass wrote: > >>On August 22, 2004 at 11:09:19, Frank Quisinsky wrote: >> >>>On August 22, 2004 at 10:45:35, Robert Hyatt wrote: >>> >>>Hi Bob, >>> >>>that's Bob Hyatt live. >>> >>>If I read your words it seems you are a little bit disappointed about different >>>things in the past. But you have give the community a lot and you have no reason >>>for it (my opinion if I am right). >>> >>>Have the same opinion about it what you have written! >>> >>>In the case of ELChinito: >>>The "main" programmer Eugenio work a long time on "Eugen" and participant on >>>different Spain-ch, French programmer tournament in Massy. He have good contacts >>>to the group of French chess programmers and after all I know Eugenio is very >>>popular in this group of programmers. Not to do that maybe or perhaps the >>>programmer created a clone of Crafty. >>> >>>The chess program Eugen are a dos program and very very strong. I believe if >>>ELChinito today have a playing level around 2.550 ELO the older DOS program is >>>playing with around 2.350-2.400 ELO, perhaps a little bit more! >>> >>>For me it's an important topic now because I have no interest to add a clone >>>from Crafty on my webpage. If you have any clear information for me that your >>>sources are copyed by the ELChinito team I will delete the program, same for >>>others programs! >> >>The important thing that you can learn from Bob's post is that Eugen Castillo >>did something that is not allowed. >> >>The word clone may be technically wrong but >>Bob claims that even if Elchinito is not a clone then it is clear that Elchinito >>copied large chunks of Crafty and it is not allowed to do it(or in bob's words >>not a permissable activity). >> >>Here are the relevant words of Bob again: >> >>"2. I didn't "break the story". I haven't even decided that this program is a >>clone, although I will be the first to admit that the evidence presented at >>least shows that the program copied large (if not all) chunks of Crafty, which >>is still not a permissable activity." >> >>Uri > >And that is why my opinion continues to be that Crafty should be >GPL'd by GNU and Bob could be freed up from the kind of policing he >has to do. Or if not policing then the worry or ennui he may have >as a result. > >GPL/GNU is the right way to go and I am not sure I understand why >Bob doesn't, and everybody else does. > >Bob, care to answer that? What do you have against Crafty being GPL/GNU. >The foundation attorney is happy to track things like this kind of nonsense >down. It happens all the time. > >Stuart It won't stop this particular problem at all. How many programs started with gnuchess which is GPL??? You can't legislate this problem away...
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