Author: Sylvain Lacombe
Date: 08:47:59 03/25/99
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On March 25, 1999 at 07:34:30, Micheal Cummings wrote: >Bob Hyatt leaving rec.games.chess.computer > >Bob Hyatt, author of CRAFTY, will not post in the rgcc newsgroup anymore. He >will also stop the free download of CRAFTY. Reason: too many personal attacks, >insults and eventual copyright violations. >Bob Hyatt is only one in a longer list of computer chess experts who left >earlier. It is unbelievable that a hobby like computer chess can create so many >enemies. And the persons most deeply involved have never written a chess program >but are driving the programmers out! This is crazy! - 3/25/99 > >From Gambitsoft It isn't a surprise to me! I felt it coming. That's why i was trying to cheer him up. But i don't know him very much and he doesn't know me, so it was kind of hard. Even at war, there is limits! Sean and that Z guy (I don't recall his name) didn't understand that. So they kept attacking his work. Just a quick look at Crafty's source and you can see how much work he had put into it. I cannot imagine how someone would only think of stealing it or making fun of it. Everything i know on computer chess, i own it to that source code. When ever i wasn't sure about something, i would find the answer in a second in it. In a way, my engine (Monik) is the child of Crafty. Anyway, i think it is a good thing he's removing it from public. If he feels that the copyright is been violated, then it is the right thing to do. I just hope it isn't too late. Sylvain.
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