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Subject: Re: To Fabien Letouzey - about Toga

Author: Dan Honeycutt

Date: 12:22:07 03/17/05

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On March 17, 2005 at 15:10:33, Dann Corbit wrote:

>On March 17, 2005 at 14:55:57, Dan Honeycutt wrote:
>
>>On March 17, 2005 at 14:43:39, Dann Corbit wrote:
>>
>>>On March 17, 2005 at 14:39:49, Dan Honeycutt wrote:
>>>
>>>>On March 17, 2005 at 13:13:23, Dann Corbit wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On March 17, 2005 at 03:22:06, Gabor Szots wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>Do you agree that after giving you due credit Toga's "author" can claim that
>>>>>>"his" engine is his own intellectual product and can be called a new engine?
>>>>>
>>>>>Let me say it plainly:
>>>>>
>>>>>Toga II is fruit.
>>>>>
>>>>>There are a few tiny tweaks.
>>>>>
>>>>>If there was ever a model for the definition of a clone, it should say:
>>>>>"See Toga II"
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Hi Dann:
>>>>In a case like this does inclusion of Eugene's tablebase code require separate
>>>>permission, or is it grandfathered in from Fruit?
>>>
>>>The current iteration of Fruit does not use tablebase files.
>>
>>They are included in Toga_II.zip (213 kb) that I just downloaded a couple hours
>>ago.
>
>An early version of fruit had an EGTB interface experimentally.  Either he used
>that or added his own.

OK.  Let me make my question hypothetical.  If I make a Crafty derivative (with
all due credit to the original) would I be able to use the tablebase code or
would I need to get permission?

Best
Dan H.




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