Re: A Crime by a Board of Old Imposters

darrz  <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "marc margolies" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> my thoughts are that crafty is a licensed product under a GNU public
>> license. respect that license or you are a theif.
>
> Does a GNU pl prevent a program from being compiled and run in a cc
> tournament?

(As I've said, Crafty is not GPLed.  However...)

No, there's nothing in the GPL that would stop code from a GPLed chess
program being included in another chess program that was entered into a
tournament.  If the derivative program were released or in any way
distributed (either in source form or as a binary) that would have to be
done under a license compatible with the GPL but if the derivative program
were not released or distributed, there would be no licensing issues.


Dave.
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