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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