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Subject: Re: Fruit Reykjavic

Author: Gabor Szots

Date: 01:53:34 08/24/05

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On August 24, 2005 at 04:10:36, Fabien Letouzey wrote:

>On August 23, 2005 at 15:23:49, Ulf Flörsheimer wrote:
>
>>Does anybody know if, when and how the WCCC version of Fruit will be
>>distributed?
>>
>>Ulf
>
>I don't know myself.
>
>Professionals who came to WCCC said that Fruit is not a threat for their
>sellings.  Others are welcomed to let me know of their opinion by email
>(fabien_letouzey@hotmail.com).  However some experts expect more and more Fruit
>clones in future tournaments (including on-the-board ones), especially after the
>performance in WCCC.
>
>There is also the insufficiency (IMO) of the GPL in the chess case that I have
>to ponder on (pun intended).
>
>For these reasons, I have decided so far NOT to release my source code anymore.
>Continuing to do so could harm the community beyond repair, and at the same time
>I believe that public Fruit 2.1 is strong enough to participate in a paradigm
>revolution (skeptical programs or whatever).
>
>Thanks for listening,
>
>Fabien.

Hi Fabien,

I am glad you are not going to release your source code any more. You have
proven to be original, no further proof is needed. Keep the glory (and perhaps
money) for yourself.

Best wishes and congratulations to the great result in Reykjavik.

Gábor



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