Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 11:01:26 02/15/04
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On February 15, 2004 at 13:53:33, Bob Durrett wrote: >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???? You can patent an algorithm. You can copyright your source code. You cannot copyright an algorithm. What constitutes fair use of copyrighted materials could certainly be subject to much debate.
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