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Subject: Re: I just don't understand why anyone would buy a bunch of FREE engines

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 06:08:21 10/16/04

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On October 16, 2004 at 08:50:13, Anthony Cozzie wrote:

>On October 15, 2004 at 16:23:30, David Dahlem wrote:
>
>>On October 15, 2004 at 14:45:13, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:
>>
>>>On October 15, 2004 at 14:31:38, Mike Byrne wrote:
>>>
>>>>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=2554&item=5925564147&rd=1
>>>>
>>>>"All the chess contents of these CDs are in the public domain.  I have arranged,
>>>>collated and created the menu system"
>>>>
>>>>I see a few violations ...
>>>>
>>>>;>)
>>>>
>>>>Contact Ebay directly to file a copyright violation claim - only the copyright
>>>>holders may make that claim.
>>>
>>>Even if the programs are free, it's still illegal to redistribute them without
>>>explicit permission of the authors, btw.
>>>
>>>--
>>>GCP
>>
>>I noticed at least two engines that i believe are private engines, Zappa and
>>Zarkov.
>>
>>Regards
>>Dave
>
>Well, Zappa will become a free engine pretty soon anyway, so I'm not _that_
>upset.  OTOH, I have given my engine to so few people that I know who must have
>taken it upon themselves to release it, and I'm not real happy with them right
>now . . .
>
>anthony

There is a clear reason that people may  buy free engines.

connection to the internet cost money and people may prefer to get the engines
on CD and not to waste time and money to dowload them from the internet.

Uri



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