Author: Charles Roberson
Date: 06:16:20 02/16/05
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Hi Uri,
As far as a tournament is concerned there are two stages as I see it.
The entrance stage and the active stage. During the entrace stage,
you could only reject a program if there is sufficient evidence that it
is a clone before the tournament is started. But, before rejecting the
author must have a chance to defend the program/work/himself/herself....
During the active stage, the tournament is running and evidence may
appear in the form of the programs move choices. At this time one might
make an accusation and the programmer will have to submit something for
investigation. But, there was some evidence before making the accusation.
Here things get blurry when you try to define what is sufficient evidence
to make the accusation.
In both cases, I believe the author/programmer must be allowed to defend
the work. A blind court can make an incorrect decision.
Here in the US, a court hears evidence from both the defense and the
prosecution.
Announcing that an accusation has been made before the "trial" is possibly
incorrect.
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