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Subject: Re: Toga is a Clone !

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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