Author: Robert Pope
Date: 08:34:28 09/24/99
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On September 24, 1999 at 11:25:46, Dave Gomboc wrote: >On September 24, 1999 at 10:16:36, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On September 24, 1999 at 07:58:40, Thomas Arne wrote: >> >>>I noticed that the new Chess-Computer-Magazine ChessBits >>>(see link: http://www.rebel.nl/ChessBits2/StartChessBits.htm), >>>sells the Nalimov Tablebases for DM 149, if you buy all the bases >>>which can be downloadable from Bob Hyatts page. >>> >>>Now, I don't know if there exists an agreement between ChessBits and >>>Nalimov, but it would be interesting to know if it's OK to >>>download the files and then sell them on CD and make some profit. >>> >>>What's the opinion about this? >>> >>>/Arne >> >> >>Good question. That must be a set of 10 CDs. The question is, how much >>profit are they making? if it is significant, Eugene ought to get part of >>it... >> >>IMHO... > >How much is 149 DM? That doesn't sound like $30... > >Dave It's more like $90. It's been a while since I've been to Germany, though, so the rates aren't exact. But, since Eugene posted the source code, etc., with no restrictions that I am aware of, I doubt that selling CD's with the info generated on them would be illegal. Especially since they are selling output, not his code.
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