Author: Uri Blass
Date: 01:03:51 08/23/05
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On August 23, 2005 at 03:51:13, Ryan B. wrote: >On August 23, 2005 at 00:44:33, Cesar Contreras wrote: > >>"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 dont think people have a problem with copying ideas just source code. If I am >wrong I guess I need to scap the whole absearch thing... > >> >>I see some similarities with "moralily" or "good behavior": >> >>* Nobody really know what does "clone" means > >a program that has source code from another program Even this is undefined. 2 programs may have one line that is the same when no program is a clone of the second program. > >>* Every chess programmer is afraid being named a "cloner" > >no fear here > >>* If you defend a cloner be ready to be named a "cloner" > >maybe, but how the person feals about him or herself is what really matters. > >>* If you discover a cloner, be ready to be named "X the just" > >? > >>* Every programmer it's tempted to "clone" > >I dissagree strongly. How could it be more fun to rip someone off than program >something yourself? > >>* Everybody it's ready to punish the "clonner" > >And they should. > >>* Every new strong engine on town must "hide something" > >Thank the cloners. > >>* "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). >> > >Always ment the same thing to me. > >> >>My conclusion. >> * Typical nonsense human behavior. >> * Legality must be well defined, it's just wrong to punish someone for >>something that undefinied. >> > >wow > >>PD. I hope this is not copyrigthed. > >The few people out there that think cloning is ok is why is have not gone open >sorce with my chess project. My ideas will become public and nothing will be >hidden when the time is right though. Note that I do not think that cloning is ok but I think that it is better to have a rule that cloning is ok than to have a rule that cloning is undefined. Uri
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