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Subject: Re: CCT8 - Why togaII 1.1 is not in ?

Author: Vincent Lejeune

Date: 15:00:24 02/23/06

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On February 23, 2006 at 17:48:14, Thomas Mayer wrote:

>Hi Vincent,
>
>On February 23, 2006 at 17:38:11, Vincent Lejeune wrote:
>
>>On February 23, 2006 at 17:33:53, Tord Romstad wrote:
>>
>>>On February 23, 2006 at 17:28:49, Vincent Lejeune wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>As it's an open project, do the author have to take part to make TogaII 1.1 play
>>>>?
>>>>I suppose there are more than 1 here who can operate it ...
>>>
>>>Tournament rule number 3:
>>>
>>>     3. Each participant (engine) must an original work. No entry
>>>     can contain code from another program, or be a "clone" of
>>>     another program. This includes any "personality" settings
>>>     of an originating program.
>>>
>>>Tord
>>
>>Ok :-(
>>
>> There should be a rule to make an exception for the strongest freeware
>> engine in the world !
>
>like Charles already pointed out: nobody should be treated different just
>because he is stronger or weaker. This would look medieval. Like Louis XIV -
>l'état c'est moi.
>
>Also it's no longer true. The initial beta of Rybka can be downloaded at
>WBEC-Ridderkerk. So this version is now definitely the strongest freeware.
>
>Greets, Thomas

I should state the "best open source engine", the idea is to promote open source
because it help other authors to build stronger engines too !




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