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Subject: Re: Toga Clone

Author: Alex Newman

Date: 18:38:10 03/09/05

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On March 09, 2005 at 21:23:43, Dann Corbit wrote:

>On March 09, 2005 at 20:45:35, Alex Newman wrote:
>
>>On March 09, 2005 at 20:29:50, Dann Corbit wrote:
>>
>>>On March 09, 2005 at 20:27:09, Alex Newman wrote:
>>>
>>>>I can take the source code of Crafty and make an engine stronger then Crafty in
>>>>less then a week.
>>>
>>>And then two years later, the latest crafty will blow your doors off, no matter
>>>how much effort you put into your clone upkeep.
>>>
>>>That is from understanding one gear in the motor, but not even how to do a
>>>proper tune up.
>>>
>>>Believe It Or Not It's Crafty.
>>
>>I just wanted to point that excuse by Toga author that Toga is stronger then
>>Crafty doesn't mean anything. Anyone can do what he did with Toga.
>>It's slap in the face to all authors who spent years developing their engines.
>>Toga guy probably spent just a couple of months working on it.
>
>This is possible.  It is also possible that he has been working for years or is
>very gifted.
>
>I think right now, we do not have all the facts.
>
>It is possible for someone to read the crafty code and read fruit code and write
>a very strong chess engine if they understood it.
>
>I think (from a standpoint of probability) that some copying may have taken
>place and maybe even blatant, wholesale cloning.  But before making any
>judgements, we should collect all the facts and also the clear statements of the
>one claiming to be the author.
>
>Right now, the information we have is ambiguous at best.

Evidence presented so far is more then enough for me. Did you read all the
posts?



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