Author: Slater Wold
Date: 12:10:30 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???? Patents cost, on average, about $10k. No one is ever going to patent an algorithm for chess, unless it actually solves the game. >Bob D.
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