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Subject: Re: To sumarize this

Author: Frank Schneider

Date: 22:09:59 08/17/05

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On August 17, 2005 at 15:54:04, Thomas Mayer wrote:

>Hi Thomas,
>
>I had some emails with someone who knows everything about GPL. So the conclusion
>is:
>
>You are not allowed to add nalimov code with the decompression code of Andrew
>Kadatch to Toga, because Eugine does not allow that his coded is released under
>GPL whereas you are forced to release Toga under GPL because it's code base is
>Fruit which is GPL.
>
>Fabien who has still all the rights on his source could switch to another type
>of license which would allow him to use the Nalimov code - well, if he wants
>too.
>
>So the only possibility for you to use the nalimov tablebases in Toga would be
>to write the access routines yourself. Of course you must add that code then to
>your source package because the base of your program is GPL which forces you to
>always give away the source when you give away a copy of your program.
>
>I hope this is not to complicate...
>
>Greets, Thomas

Hi Thomas,

maybe you already discussed that, but wouldn't it be possible
to distribute

a) a fruit.exe/toga.exe with nalimov-code under a different license
b) a source package with all files except the tablebase code und the GPL?

By the way, what does Crafty do?

Best,
Frank





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