Author: Ryan B.
Date: 20:56:35 08/23/05
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On August 23, 2005 at 21:26:12, Dann Corbit wrote: >On August 23, 2005 at 21:00:04, Uri Blass wrote: > >>On August 23, 2005 at 20:47:05, Ryan B. wrote: >> >>>I hope this means that Fruit will soon be a closed source but still free >>>program. >> >> >>I hope not and I think that it is better if fruit becomes commercial. >> >>If people do not pay for the programmers to get better engines than the best >>free engines then the programmers of the best engines will have less motivation >>to improve their program and I do not think that it is good for the progress of >>computer chess > >Not every motivation need be financial. > >For instance, what motivates Dr. Hyatt? I am fairly sure that he never intends >to make money on crafty. I also know of some guy named Dan Corbit that gives a lot to that computer chess community. I could be wrong but I don't think he is being motivated by money. As far as I can tell he is just a nice guy who enjoys computer chess.
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