Author: Harald Faber
Date: 09:05:36 08/26/99
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On August 26, 1999 at 10:52:21, Andrew Dados wrote: > One analogy comes to mind here: Why noone cried 'FAULT, Hackers, illegal' >when chessbase wrote adapter for all winboard-compatible engines? Do you think >all engine authors liked that their program can be run within CB interface? Did >ChessBase have to 'hack' or alter in any way those executables? Or ask all >engine authors for permission? No... they just copied protocol.... What it so >hard to understand here? > > Cheers >-Andrew- > >P.S. This post is not against ChessBase... I see you mix up 2 things: CB only made an adapter so that you can run Winboard ENGINES. They don't extract any kind of engine from a program. It would be different if they'd write an "adapter" to run e.g. the Rebel ENGINE within CB or Fritz.
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