If the protocol isn't open, it can be changed. It is believed that wms did just that to frustrate open-source clients. There may be some justification to his argument that buggy clients were causing problems with his server.
From: Michael Williams <michaelwilliam...@gmail.com> Even though KGS is not "open", you can still reverse engineer it, right? Why not create an accessible web interface to KGS? terry mcintyre wrote: > If "accessibility" is the only criterion, a client would do the trick; it > would need an open protocol. > > It's been a bit of an inconvenience that KGS does not publish an > open-protocol interface. > > As for other things we'd like to see improved, we could build a list. My pet > peeve is the KGS "score estimator", which is often wildly wrong. I've heard > complaints about the implementation of the rules, and some have argued that > it is not terribly bot-friendly. > Terry McIntyre <terrymcint...@yahoo.com> __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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