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Subject: Re: Fruit and Tablebases

Author: Ryan B.

Date: 21:40:50 11/18/05

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On November 18, 2005 at 17:27:23, Dann Corbit wrote:

>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".


No GPL program can use EGTB?  Even Sjeng?



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