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Subject: Re: can it go commercial?

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 11:29:35 06/20/05

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On June 20, 2005 at 13:51:29, Robert Allgeuer wrote:

>On June 20, 2005 at 11:51:20, Cesar Contreras wrote:
>
>>
>>So i understand then that think Toga it's not a clone.
>>
>>In my understandind it's a clone, but it's legal.
>>
>
>In the eyes of the GPL Toga is "derived work", and that is it what it really is.
>
>A clone is something different:
>"A clone is an identical copy of something and is a term that first became
>familiar to the public from the biosciences."
>Key is the word identical here.
>
>Robert

This is not the way that the word clone is used
see
http://www.aarontay.per.sg/Winboard/Winboard1.html

"[A.11] What are "clones"? Where can I get them?
The exact defintion of a clone is somewhat disputed but generally it refers to
chess engines that are almost exact copies (with minor modifications) of a
existing chess engine passed off as a new engine."

Uri



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