Author: James Robertson
Date: 11:56:23 02/15/99
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On February 15, 1999 at 12:00:44, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On February 15, 1999 at 04:43:47, Rémi 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 > > >You want an opinion? Don't do it. Because we have people with the ethics of >a politician, the morals of a $2.00 prostitute, and the reasoning ability of a >2 year old, all rolled into one. > >I received the 'novag award' for releasing the source of Crafty. I won't be >surprised if I receive the 'dumb-ass of the year' award in another year or two, >for that same reason. Releasing the source will be a big help to those that are >starting off. But since we are plaged with copy-cats, that same source will be >copied verbatim and then used to smack these same beginners when they play in >their first tournament. > >This isn't a particularly pretty picture, IMHO... No; but if you want to maintain your very good reputation as the most beginner-frienly chess programmer in the world, perhaps you could release a Crafty missing an important file or something; in other words it cannot be compiled and used as is. If someone were trying to recreate the missing files, they would have to understand every line of the program and by then they might as well write their own. :) James
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