Author: Bruce Moreland
Date: 01:34:29 02/18/99
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On February 17, 1999 at 16:57:31, James B. Shearer wrote: >On February 17, 1999 at 14:50:13, Bruce Moreland wrote: >>Assuming that people conform to the license that Bob has associated with Crafty, >>there are other problems. If someone gets Crafty, modifies it so that it is >>"better", and makes the source available, as required by the Crafty license, in >>such a way that satisfies Bob, I don't think that they have the *right* to enter >>a sanctioned tournament as sole author of the new creation. I think that Bob >>will always be a co-author, and he should have authority to say that yes, he'd >>like a specific entry to compete in a specific tournament, or no, he wouldn't. >>And since these tournaments have rules about individual authors entering more >>than once, he shouldn't be able to give approval to more than one of these >>Crafty-derived entries, including his own. > > I think this is up to the organizers of a tournament. If you don't like >the rules you can decline to enter. Of course. I am making arguments about what the ICCA should do. Anyone can do anything they like, but the ICCA has had policies against multiple entries from individual authors, and I assume has policies against entering someone else's program. bruce
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