Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 12:14:00 02/16/99
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On February 16, 1999 at 15:02:29, Jay Scott wrote: >On February 15, 1999 at 15:04:15, Will Singleton wrote: > >>Long term, though, it would be a good thing to take it private. > >I disagree. All that's necessary is to catch the cheaters. If >they show up with a strong program it should be easy enough to >tell whether it's a Crafty clone! While I wish for Crafty to stay public, I don't agree that it will be easy to catch them. In fact, without the source, I don't think you can ever prove it. I do think that a crafty clone should not be allowed to compete against the real thing in any tournament. That would be a horrible injustice. But if we can't rely on the people to honor the copyright, I don't think we can rely on them to be truthful about whether it is a clone either. I suggest: For any non-commercial program entering a large contest, you must supply the source code to independent judges when asked.
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