Author: Cesar Contreras
Date: 21:44:33 08/22/05
"Clone" it's just a moral word. It seams to be intended to distinct "original"
from "not original" chess engines. Useless today in my opinion. Maybe a diferent
word can serve that good purpose for some more time.
The fact it's that this diference don't exist anymore, most programs are pretty
unoriginal altought some have more original touches than others.
So originality came in the form of some "touches of originality".
I see some similarities with "moralily" or "good behavior":
* Nobody really know what does "clone" means
* Every chess programmer is afraid being named a "cloner"
* If you defend a cloner be ready to be named a "cloner"
* If you discover a cloner, be ready to be named "X the just"
* Every programmer it's tempted to "clone"
* Everybody it's ready to punish the "clonner"
* Every new strong engine on town must "hide something"
* "Clone" meaned one thing 2 years ago, now means something diferent, it's like
a fashion thing.
* Things that some years ago meaned "to clone", now are bean threated with more
open mind.
* Everybody agree clonning it's bad (except some freaks out there).
My conclusion.
* Typical nonsense human behavior.
* Legality must be well defined, it's just wrong to punish someone for
something that undefinied.
PD. I hope this is not copyrigthed.
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