Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 22:31:24 11/18/05
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On November 19, 2005 at 00:40:50, Ryan B. wrote: >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? One license or the other is broken if the TB stuff is used in a GPL program. They are definitely mutually exclusive license types.
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