Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 15:35:58 09/26/05
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On September 26, 2005 at 12:18:16, Heiner Marxen wrote: >On September 24, 2005 at 03:29:10, Uri Blass wrote: > >>On September 24, 2005 at 00:13:09, Roger Brown wrote: > >Hello Uri, Hello Roger, > > >>>>Yes >>>> >>>>Note that I think that the fact that chest is not installed in the default >>>>software of Fritz is meaningless for buyers of Fritz who have internet access >>>>and can download chest as an UCI engine so the main reason that copying chest to >>>>Fritz by chessbase can be considered as using it for commercial purpose is that >>>>part of the buyers of Fritz have no connection to the internet. >>>> >>>>Uri >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>Hello Uri, >>> >>>This of course is surprisingly illogical. >> >>I do not see what is illogical. >>> >>>The terms of distribution explicitly forbid the program being sold as part of a >>>commercial deal. > >Yes. > >>The terms of distribution do not forbid customers to install chest in chessbase >>as UCI engine. > >Yes. > >>Based on my understanding the terms of distribution forbid chessbase to do >>things that every customer of chessbase with connection to the internet can do. > >Yes, mostly. > >>If I understand correctly chessbase are allowed to give the customer >>instructions how to install chest inside the package but are not allowed to do >>it for him so if he has no connection to the internet he cannot do it. > >Yes. > >>I think that if something is illogical then it is the terms of distribution >>unless the target is to make chest commercial but if the target is to make chest >>commercial then I see no reason of making it free for unlimited time for >>everyone with connection to the internet. >> >>Uri > >It may seem illogical to you. Maybe it _is_ illogical. >Yet, that's what it is. We wanted to enable others to _use_ Chest, >but we also did _not_ want anyone to make money with it, except >perhaps ourselves... one day. > >If that does not make sense for you, I'm sorry... it's not a perfect world ;-) > >Cheers, Heiner It seems very similar to the Nalimov/Kadtach license scheme to me.
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