Author: Dan Honeycutt
Date: 10:11:19 02/16/05
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On February 16, 2005 at 12:20:14, Antonio Dieguez wrote: >On February 16, 2005 at 11:37:42, Dan Honeycutt wrote: > >>On February 16, 2005 at 08:27:51, Charles Roberson wrote: >> >>> >>> I agree with Uri. Not everything is publicly known. >>> >>> I have some secrets in my new program. When I am done with the research on >>> them, I may publish them in a journal. But, until then they are not known. >>> I've read all of the related articles in the last 30 years of the ICCA >>> journals and there is nothing similar in there. I've also scanned the >>> net and found nothing like them. >> >>I don't have any secrets, but if I did I've wondered about the following >>scenario: >> >>I find a new trick that gives my program a nice boost. I figure with some >>refinement it may have commercial potential. I enter it in a tournament. It is >>alleged to be a clone. Rules state, in such case I show my source to some >>committee established by the tournament organizers. I fear that if I do so my >>discovery will no longer remain secret. >> >>What do I do? >> >>What would you do? > >I would give the code. >Anyway if it is acussed to be a clone, it will be acused to be a clone of a >certain other program, and they only need to compare a little both programs. You bring up a good idea. I would, of course try to reach an agreement with the organizers. My thought was that I form my own committee seeking people like Dann Corbit, Bob Hyatt and others well known and respected in computer chess. I would propose to the organizers that I send my source to them and we both accept their judgement. Your idea may be better. I'd have to be accused of being a clone of XYZ. So we compare my move generator with XYZ, my passed pawn eval with XYZ etc. until they are satisfied that it is no clone an I still keep my secret. Dan H. >And anyway, most probably they will ask for something like that only if it is >probably a clone, not just because. >Also in general in order to register a software, if you want to do it, you also >have to give the source code, if you don't trust them how you would do it, >giving them and almost ilegible copy in paper? :) > >zodiamoon
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