Author: Ricardo Gibert
Date: 11:57:43 03/09/05
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On March 09, 2005 at 14:38:10, Tord Romstad wrote: >On March 09, 2005 at 09:43:13, Karl-Heinz Söntges wrote: > >>unpleasant news : >> >>Toga proves to be a clone of Crafty/Fruit. > >This may or may not be true. I don't know anything about >Toga; in fact I had never even heard about it before reading >your message. > >However, I wish people could stop making such accusations >without providing proof or at least very strong evidence for >their claims. If you don't have any strong evidence, it would >be better to write that you _suspect_ the engine to be a clone Writing that you suspect is unacceptable too. A proper way to deal with such an allegation is to contact the cloned programs author so that they can make a determination of whether the allegation is reasonable. In this case, Letouzey and/or Hyatt. This should be handled privately until the case against is made. Only then should it be considered to be made public. A public accusation without evidence should simply be prohibited around here. >and state that you will exclude the engine from your >tournaments until the case has been more thoroughly >examined, or to keep silent until you are 100% sure. > >Accusing a program of being a clone without even explaining >which program it is supposed to be a clone of (Crafty and >Fruit are, as has been pointed out elsewhere in the thread, >entirely different engines) is in my opinion unacceptable. > >Tord
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