Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 10:02:34 02/16/99
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On February 16, 1999 at 02:30:00, Micheal Cummings wrote: > >Fernando I usually like reading what you post, and this one is one of the best. > >Very ispirational how you see bob do all the hard work and get little except >self gratification out of his work, then he releases his source code to the >public so they can take advantage of him. And you make him out as some type of >hero for doing this and getting it stuck to him by certain people. I agree that it was heroic. Sharing knowlege advances the world. Hiding knowlege retards it. One of the downfalls of a capitalist society is that people don't want to share very much. I think sharing is always a noble gesture. When it expands intellectual pursuits, it is especially a grand notion. >He should never have done it, of course peope would take advantage of this >situation and did. I mean if you invent something, do not protect it and then >give it away for nothing. Well then you deserve to get people abusing you. He did nothing wrong. If people misuse the information or violate the agreements it is *THEY* who are in error and certainly not Dr. Hyatt. It is absurd even to suggest otherwise. >For all his hard work that bob has done, it is pathetic what has happened to >him, but he would have to have known that what is regarded as the strongest >freeware engine these days, well how could someone not want to take advantage of >it when you had it strait to them. Sadly, it is true that every good invention will be put to bad use. Does that mean we should hide it? >Stuff the begginers, let them work on some chess engine, or make their own, why >give them something that is already one of the best, yes they will improve upon >it most likely, but the person who did it will be left with nothing except >furthering the programming work of other people. > >I fear now with what bob has done, that more people will use his code and go >past him and he will be left lagging behind. That is a ludicrous thing to say. It is akin to "Now that Einstein has released the general theory of relativity, he will be left in the dust by other physicists..." The inventor of the tool knows it better than anyone else. The people who steal his source and just fiddle with it without even bothering to understand it will not even be able to improve it. It is possible that a clever group could make substantial changes and improvements and keep them to themselves. In such a case they are violating the clear language of the copyright. So they are criminals. Should Dr. Hyatt not do something good because criminals will do bad things? >Big mistake is what he done. You make him to be some type of Pioneer of the >advancement of chess. Well lets hope it does not ruin a great man because of >scum people out their who abused what he did. I don't think *HE* made any mistake, any more than the authors of all the other programs that share their source (I have probably 30-40 megabytes of chess source code). The mistake is made by the abusers. Let's not start blaming the victom.
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