Author: Lance Perkins
Date: 22:20:25 08/22/04
Five things: 1. If someone has a novel with 100 chapters but 1 chapter is a copy from another novel, is that OK? Anyway it is only 1 percent of the entire book. 2. From Bob's posts, it is my understanding that he believes that Crafty code has been copied. He also believes that Crafty code was copied without understanding what it does. He has also mentioned that what has happened is "not permissible". http://talkchess.com/forums/1/message.html?383490 http://talkchess.com/forums/1/message.html?383495 http://talkchess.com/forums/1/message.html?383481 3. From the posts of Paul, I am also convinced that Crafty code has been copied. Well done analysis, by the way. I do feel sad that such an intelligent work was compared to a witch hunt. http://f11.parsimony.net/forum16635/messages/70415.htm http://www.geocities.com/alternativecraftybuild/crafty-clone.html http://f11.parsimony.net/forum16635/messages/70432.htm 4. I see that we are all waiting for the author to react. I don't see how that could change the fact that he copied Crafty code. But it would still be interesting to hear his side of the story. So, I too am waiting for his reaction. 5. Are we also still waiting for the source code to be disclosed? I think that even Bob already believes that Crafty code has been copied without the need to see the source code. In fact, Bob states that he does not have the time to look at the source. The only thing that the source code will tell us now is how many more of the code has been copied. Going back to my analogy with the novel, we would only know that 2 or 3 chapters have been copied instead of 1. Lastly If I were Uri, I would not feel bad about clones that are better than Movei. You know you did not copy the bug of someone else. If I were running the engine that uses Crafty code now, I would probably stop using it. The facts (2) and (3) are overwhelming. Since its the same as Crafty, just use Crafty. If I were Paul, I should do more of this, and maybe get others in that habbit. Its a great way to get familiar with assembly language. If I were Bob, I'd make Crafty GPL and let the GNU lawyers do what they do best. But then, I'm only Lance.
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