Author: Bryan Hofmann
Date: 10:11:27 06/18/05
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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. Why, do you want to follow the teachings of only one mind. GPL uses the concept that more then one brain is better the a single brain. Would you call Crafty this? Crafty uses EGTB's like many other programs and that chunk of code was written by Nalimov. >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. There are and have been several chess engines that were written with more then one individual involved. I fail to see any reasoning behind this statement. > >Gábor
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