Author: Reinhard Scharnagl
Date: 08:57:43 06/18/05
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On June 18, 2005 at 11:52:03, Murano Lima wrote: >On June 18, 2005 at 11:30:05, Gabor Szots wrote: > >>An excerpt from the readme of the new Fruit: >> >> "added PV-node extensions (this is from Toga), e.g. extending >> recaptures only at PV nodes. Not sure if these extensions help; if >> they do, we all need to recognise Thomas Gaksch's contribution to >> the community!" >> >>In my opinion it does not matter whether they help. In my interpretation Fabien >>uses something Thomas invented or something from his code. The same what Thomas >>did (only to much less extent). >>This adds to the confusion and controversion. What do we have now: two engines >>or two personalities? Or more? Fruit 2.1 based on Toga II based on Fruit 2.0? >>Ridiculous. The whole GPL is ridiculous. >>Maybe Fabien intended to implement these PV-node extensions anyway. Thomas did >>it _for him_ (!) and now Fabien has to refer to Thomas otherwise he would be a >>thief! >> >>I can only recommend to all authors not to publish their source code. At least >>not if their engine plays too well. Maybe it is too late. >> >>Gábor > >Hi Gabor, >I dont see your point. >"Fabien has to refer to Thomas otherwise he would be a thief!" >As you can see, Fabien has already referred to Thomas, >you would certainly not have found out without his reference ;-) > >About confusion: >I am not confused. Things are very clear. >But I understand, that different people have >different abilities to manage complexity. > >Did I mention that GPL is fantastic? Hi Murano, GPL might be interesting when developing new platforms, interfaces or standards. But regarding chess programming as a brainsport, GPL projects are nothing else than an unfair cheating communities. I am not talking about copyright questions. Reinhard.
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