Author: Andrew Dados
Date: 09:47:43 08/26/99
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On August 26, 1999 at 12:11:33, Harald Faber wrote: >On August 26, 1999 at 10:37:09, Andrew Dados wrote: > >>>> Duh... here we go again... >>>>I will repeat myself: *noone talked about modifying CM file* (in fact it would >>>>be impossible probably). We were discussing writing external adapter for King >>>>engine... >>> >>>For The King is implemented in the CMXX.EXE you need to hack this .EXE file and >>>can't extract an engine file like .dll or .eng >>> >>>Consider every change in the program code is called hacking, at least if you are >>>not allowed to do so. >> >> FYI: exe, dll and eng are all the same file format... (try renaming *.eng to >>exe and running it...). While *.eng are in fact dlls and can't be run as >>standalone programs ( only difference between dll and exe ), you can not 'hack' >>exe file to behave like dll or vice versa. All you can do is to write external >>program acting as adapter - in analogous way as winboard can 'connect' 2 >>external engine exe files. Would you claim that Tim Mann hacks all engines to >>work with winboard? >>-Andrew- > >You know it is vice versa. ;-) >Seriously, of course you can call each chess program (GUI +) engine. >Some system seperate it clearly with the engine-concept like Fritz, Winboard and >MCS and for legality this is handled much clearer. >Some don't. Take Rebel and CM. You certainly hurt copyright laws when extracting >the engine code from the exe. Isn't it obvious? Hmm... obviously since I own only CM4000 it's obvious I have 'engine.exe' file in its directory which is separate from 'CM4000.exe' file. Do you think it's separated enough or should one try to separate it even further?
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