Author: Peter Berger
Date: 08:31:33 11/06/04
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On November 06, 2004 at 10:54:25, Mike Byrne wrote: >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. Then you misunderstood it. It is a piece of code that was originally written by who-knows and provided for download. It contains no code that would be part of a chessengine or could be used to play chess. Applied to your legally bought engine that comes with ChessMaster, it will remove the need for CD check of the original code by Johan deKoning. Much more tricky, if you think about it, and I am pretty sure that there is nothing illegal and abusive in just using this piece of software for your personal benefit, although there is a potential for abuse of course, and I am no lawyer. I'd also bet that the *vast* majority of people who use this "Dead King" are just legal owners of the software who are fed up with all this OPK stuff. YMMV. Peter
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