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Subject: Re: definition of clones: Danchess an Crafty

Author: Bob Durrett

Date: 10:53:33 02/15/04

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On February 15, 2004 at 13:24:54, Uri Blass wrote:

>I understood from the winboard forum that Bob considers DanChess as a crafty
>clone and the question is what is the definition of a clone.
>
>I remember from slater's post in this forum that if most of the code is
>different you cannot win in court by complaining that it is a clone.
>
>I understood from Dann's post that only 30% of the code of DanChess is
>similiar(that does not mean the same as Crafty).
>
>Dann Corbit posted in the winboard forum the SEE function of Danchess that is
>similiar to Crafty.
>I wonder if it is really the main reason that Bob considers Danchess as a clone
>or only one of the reasons.
>
>Uri

Can you patent or copyright an algorithm????

Bob D.

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