Author: Pedro Gomes
Date: 10:13:49 12/10/04
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On December 10, 2004 at 05:08:50, Frank Quisinsky wrote: >On December 10, 2004 at 05:00:29, Graham Banks wrote: > >>On December 10, 2004 at 04:40:09, Frank Quisinsky wrote: >> >>>On December 10, 2004 at 04:24:46, Graham Banks wrote: >>> >>>>If people can download Arena as freeware from your site, what's the problem with >>>>them downloading it elsewhere for free? >>>>Surely it's all good for the Arena team as people are using your program and >>>>obviously getting a lot of enjoyment from it. This is surely positive rather >>>>than negative? They would most likely visit the Arena site for information and >>>>other files as they become hooked. >>>> >>>>Regards, Graham. >>> >>>The beta version isn't ready. The help files, new copyright files are not ready >>>for Arena 1.1. Futhermore, Peter Skinner have no permission to do it. >>> >>>Simple: >>>We are the owner of the software and say no! >>>The owner of the software don't have to give a permission for an other publicity >>>of the software, is this right in your opinion! >>> >>>I cann't believe it 58 downloads from a illegal version from our software in >>>such a short time. We know that our software is popular, have 100.000 downloads >>>in the latest year. >>> >>>After all the sitation is really bad. >>>So many persons which don't accept the copyrights from our software and made a >>>download from a site which don't have a permission ... in such a short time! >>> >>>I am to over 50% sure that our team (admins and the programmer) will have the >>>same opinion that we have to go the commercial way because our team don't >>>support such things! >>> >>>Perhaps other person, not we! >>> >>>For the long time testers of Arena we found an other sulution, I am sure! >>>But it is so fast do dicusss about it, I am not at home and will discuss with >>>the team in the evening. It's only my opinion about the situation. >>> >>>I believe, the computer chess area will loosed a great open project of >>>development :-(( >>> >>>Best >>>Frank >> >> >>I can see both points of view and both have some validity. >>What I do think though is that an over reaction could do more harm than good. >>However I'm not taking sides on this one. I hope that a gentleman's agreement >>can be reached to settle this issue as I respect both Peter and yourself as fne >>contributors to the computer chess community. >> >>Graham. > >Sorry Graham, > >Peter Skinner go in our living room without the key from the door. >That have not do with over reaction! > >Let us talk an other day about it. For the moment we must discuss the situation >in the team. I need the team for it. > >Best >Frank Sorry Frank, when you allow access to anyone to your site without password, it means you have opened your house´s door for everyone. After that, if you want to sue a person who "invaded your room", it would mean that your "open site" was a hoax. Do you understand it? PG
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