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Subject: Re: What constitutes a clone?

Author: Charles Roberson

Date: 08:11:31 02/16/05

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On February 16, 2005 at 10:46:39, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On February 15, 2005 at 18:38:43, John Merlino wrote:
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>Here is my thinking.
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>1.  The things that give a program its "personality" are the evaluation and the
>search itself.  The search defines the program's tactical ability, the
>evaluation defines the programs non-tactical chess playing ability.  Copying
>either/both should not be allowed.
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>2.  Other parts such as the opening book are probably OK.  For example how many
>are using a GUI that handles the book outside of the engine?  That seems
>difficult to stop.  Of course a "shared opening book" is a no-no, since that is
>another part of a program that defines its playing skill level.
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