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Subject: Re: About releasing engine source code

Author: James Robertson

Date: 11:53:33 02/15/99

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On February 15, 1999 at 04:43:47, RĂ©mi Coulom wrote:

>It is a long time since I have considered releasing the source code of The Crazy
>Bishop since I think that it would be an excellent opportunity to share ideas
>with other programmers. However, the recent Bionic scandal and the older Gunda
>case show that doing so could cause problems. I would like to publish it anyway,
>since most tournament organizers are now aware of this problem and include
>necessary rules to avoid double entries. Anyway, if anyone here thinks that I
>should not publish the source code of TCB, I would like to hear from him(her)
>before I take this irreversible and possibly harmful decision.
>
>Remi

If you do release the source code, disable it in some way (i.e. leave out
important.cpp) so the program cannot be compiled as is and used to compete.

James



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