Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 14:27:23 11/18/05
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On November 18, 2005 at 15:44:16, Mike Hood wrote: >Today I read the information for the first time why Fruit 2.1 does not use >tablebases for probing. (Sorry if this matter has been discussed in the past, >it's new to me). > >The main reason given is "the source code by Eugene Nalimov is not 'free of use' >(although you don't have to pay for it)". > >What does the author mean by this, and why is it a problem? Fruit 2.1 is licenced GPL. Nalimov tablebase access is not GPL. Therefore, Nalimov tablebase files simply cannot be used with Fruit 2.1 (or any other GPL licensed program). GPL stiplulates that all the code in the project becomes GPL also. That is contrary to the license for the Eugene Nalmov/Andrew Kadtech tablebase access code. For more information, do a web search on "Copyleft Virus".
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