Author: Mike Byrne
Date: 07:54:25 11/06/04
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On November 06, 2004 at 08:02:42, Bernardo Wesler wrote: >Dear Mike: I am not violating any law; both engines (CM9 and CM10) remain as >they were created; furthermore I wish that; I guess DeadKing is only a way or a >carrier to make CM'engine play with all its original features, its original >strength and so on, into chessbase gui, in this case; I am not stealing nothing. What is DeadKing and how did you obain it? From what I understand, it's piece of code that was originally written by DeKoning and modified in an unauthorized fashion by a third party. It may not be but stealing but it is unauthorized use of intellecual property created by DeKoning and discussions about it will eenable people to use the CM engine unlawfully. >It is like i buy two watches, lets say a Rolex and a Casio and I try to >exchange their engines between them; The Rolex is mine, the Casio is mine; and >if the rolex runs with the casio machine or viceversa, it is my business, my >hobby or whatever; and i ll be proud of it; perhaps i only lose their original >guarantees.... but i have not done anything illegal...., unless i sell Rolexs >with casio machines......But it is not this case. Intellectual property cannot be compared to physical property. You cannot feel, touch , look at a chess engine. Source code can be easily duplicated 1000's of time in a few seconds. Distribution of illegal code can completely destroying any resale value that is due to the rightful owner. That is why there are specific laws regarding intellectual property to protect those who create it. This is not all about you or about you stealing, the world is much bigger than the one that you see revolving around yourself. I could care less what you do with CM engines, Fritz GUI etc. However, this is about the protection of intellectual property owed by the rightful owners. IMO , discussions about the use of Deadking is clearly injurious to the authors. Unscrupulous people will be able to use that information and use his intellectual property unlawfully. That is not right. As long as I am moderator of CCC, I will not allow discussions that I believe harm the intellectual property rights (and value ) of those who created it. Best, Michael >So, lets not be more papists than the pope..... >Respectfully, >Dr Wesler
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