Author: Uri Blass
Date: 15:23:12 08/24/05
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On August 24, 2005 at 14:09:44, Christos Gitsis wrote: >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 totally agree, > >Neither was Fabien Letouzey's motivation financial, when he produced one of the >very best engines, and released it freely. I did not say that every motivation is financial but part of the motivations are financial and if people do not pay to get something better than the best free program it can reduce these motivations. Uri
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