Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 11:28:28 06/17/05
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On June 17, 2005 at 14:20:34, Cesar Contreras wrote: >This post it's because i want to know people point of view in this matter. > >I received some weeks ago some emails that make me aware of some denunciations >about my engine stating that it is a clone. Since i can not know who make this >denunciation and why they made it, i cannot make an statement on this fact. >Maybe something related to fafis case, because it happens just after that case. > >So in order to stop this from the very beggining i released my source code. I >don't hide any big secret, and i'm sure that 99.99% of the code was typed by me. >Maybe some lines are taken from code snippets from forums, but are almost >nothing. Some ideas are taken from everywhere, but the most of them are taken >from papers, thesis, articles and books. > >Now i think that because that emails where sended to several people of this >forum (a public accusation in my understanding) they think that my engine >probably could be clone. I see some comments as insinuations against my engine >(probably wrong about it). I feel a sensation also that because i was defending >Rafael, people think that i was defended the clone cause. > >So my questions: > >can source code completly validate an engine as legal? Depends on what you mean. It should remove any doubt as far as whether the engine is a clone or not. There could be a patent violation that all parties are unaware of, and so it might (strictly speaking) be illegal. >if not, what can validate an engine as legal? > >Has anyone receibed messages from karimejaime_80@hotmail.com? someone know who >is? i really would like to know who did this acussations and what is the >interest. > >Maybe i'm taking too seriuos something that does not need to be taken seriuos... >or maybe not. Since you have released your source code, I do not think that anyone can raise a claim that cannot be refuted.
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