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Subject: Re: Shredder - Ferret playoff, Bruce, Software Licenses

Author: Dave Gomboc

Date: 18:03:21 06/21/99

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On June 21, 1999 at 20:48:28, Heiko Mikala wrote:

>On June 21, 1999 at 20:15:28, Dave Gomboc wrote:
>
>>That must have been funny to see...
>
>It was :)
>
>Btw, you can still see the pen and the block lying on the ground in picture b8.

Hehehe...

[snip]

>>The way Bruce steadfastly refuses to publish it makes me think that even if he
>>had won, he still wouldn't. :/
>
>It may not be exactly the same, but, as some of you may know, I have been
>writing on my own chess program for many years. During the last years, there
>have been many people asking me, if they could have a copy. I always refused
>to give a copy to anyone. I can absolutely understand Bruce. It's his own,
>private thing, he only makes it for himself.
>
>>Anyway, Bruce suggested in another post to get a copy of Shredder, and no
>>doubt a new version will be forthcoming!
>>
>>Speaking of software licenses... could people please remove their restriction
>>on publishing computer vs. computer testing results?  I hate overly-restrictive
>>licenses... and I don't enter into license agreements that I don't like.  Hint.
>
>As far as I know, this restriction does not exist for the full-version of
>Shredder, only for the MCS-engine. Hint. ;-)

Cool.  My "hint" was to all of the people who are collectively responsible for
the licenses that are put on chess software, and any people who don't like such
a license but purchase the software anyway.  Of course, if one thinks that such
a restriction is a feature, not a bug, or at least do not care about it, then
they need feel no guilt when purchasing such software. :-)

>Heiko.

Dave



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