Am Montag, 11. Dezember 2006 20:50 schrieb Folkert van Heusden: > > > the opening book is missing because I can't let debian redistribute any > > > binary opening book. > > > Point 1: I have got no source! > > > Point 2: Moves/Games in the opening book might be copyrighted!
Thats not what I wnted to express, its more that if I would distribute binarys thats not allowed with debian. I don't really think any games would be copyrightend. ;o) > > I just got this message. Since I haven't seen the previous ones can > > anyone give me details ? Are you trying to use crafty books with > > another chess engine ? > > No: I was looking for a Debian package of an opening-book for > 'hoichess'. The hoichess author told me that he uses the .pgn file that is used for the gnuchess openingbook. What I really would like to have, is the possibility to do something like: 'cat openings.pgn | hoichess -B >openingbook.bin' Then I can compile the opening book at configuraton time with the package, I would distribute the source .pgn and nobody will/can ask nasty questions. > > I packaged some opening books for Debian to be used with crafty. > > AFAICT, there are no copyrights over chess moves (it would be like > > trying to copyright football goals). If there were that'd be a great > > problem for all tournament chess players: if one wanted to play one > > particular variant of an opening during a match, he'd first write the > > author to have his permission and/or pay rights to play such > > variant... > > > :-) Thats right, but in my opinion I would have to provide sources (any .pgn file) with a binary opening book, to do it the debian way. (Also I have to explain everyting to my sponsors.) Another Question is if the opening book is not compiled at the system, if I will get problems with litle/big endian. Oliver -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
