Author: David Dahlem
Date: 11:41:10 12/16/04
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On December 16, 2004 at 14:25:26, Eric Oldre wrote: >GOAL: to increase the volume of testing I can do in a given time period for my >engine, against a variety of opponents. > >IDEA: To enlist the help of some friends! So when I have a new version of my >engine. I can send them my version along with several other engines and a series >of matches can be run. When finished they can send me the results back. I would >try to automate this process as much as possible. > >Right now it seems that many of the engines that I would want to use to test >against simply describe themselves as "Free". Do you think that for those >engines the use I am planning for them would be acceptable? > >THE PROBLEM: >I'm not sure if this strategy would break the "fair use" principles of the >engines I am testing against. My guess is that the licensing of some engines >(for sure commercial) would prohibit this use. Right now it seems that many of >the engines that I would want to use simply describe themselves as "Free". But >I’m not 100% sure that this particular use would be considered OK. > >I'm looking for advice on: >a) What engines specifically would allow/deny this use? >b) How should I interpret the licensing of different engines to determine if I >am using them in a fair manner? > >Right now my engine (Latista) is still pretty weak. But I hope that it will >improve over time. So I need to come up with a list of engines which would be >free for this use with a wide variety of strengths. > >Thanks for your input! > >Eric Oldre > >If you are the author of an engine and are ok with me directly sending it to my >friends for use in testing my engine, feel free to let me know in a reply to >this thread, or email me. For those that do, THANK YOU IN ADVANCE! My engine, Pooky, is weak, approximately 1700-1800 elo, so if you feel it is in the proper strength range, feel free to use it in your testing method. Regards Dave
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