Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 12:52:02 08/21/05
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On August 21, 2005 at 14:58:45, Peter Fendrich wrote: >Technically it is not a clone but I think there is a limit somewhere that is >hard to set... >I mean there is a difference if you take influence from som specific function >that you found compared to in detail study the whole program and trying to >implement function after function. In both case I think that the original author >at least deserves a thanks in the readme file. >Cloning or not, I think that being open and honest about it is the key. > >/Peter This is a tough question. If someone shows me a 1000 line program in language X, and all I do is translate it to language Y, that has to be a clone. But what if I don't translate line by line, but function by function. That is, I examine the move generator, and then write an equivalent from scratch in a different language. Repeat for all functions. Now it is harder. But, IMHO, it is _still_ a clone. Crafty re-written in whatever language you choose will still be crafty...
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