Reinhard Thürriedl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Hello Mr. Dachary,
>
> I am a Software Engineering student at the Upper Austria University of
> Applied Sciences in Hagenberg, Austria. I am working on a Master Thesis
> in the field of Artificial Intelligence and would like to use Poker as
> an example application domain.
>
> I am planning to implement a poker bot to explore strategies for
> reasoning and decision making in an environment with imperfect
> information and stochastic elements. I think the poker-eval C library
> and the Java bindings for this library would be a very valuable part of
> such a program.

  Sounds like a very interesting project.

> Since the poker-eval library is published under the GNU GPL and I do not
> want to publish my source code I have a few questions concerning the use
> of the poker-eval library and the Java bindings:

  Could you please explain why you do not want to share this software ?

> Assuming that the poker-eval library is part of my computer poker
> program
>  
> - is it legal to NOT publish my source code if I use my program for the
> sole purpose of exemplifying some theoretical concepts I elaborate on in
> my thesis?
>
> - is it legal to NOT publish my source code if I enter a computer poker
> competition with my program?

  Note that the GNU GPL does not force you to publish your code. It
forbids you to use the library as part of a proprietary software.

> - is it possible to get the poker-eval library under the GNU LGPL?

  It is not an option, no.

> It would be very kind if you could send me a short email with answers to
> these questions.

  All software published under pokersource.info is meant to help
those who share. There are a number of alternate software providers
who can help you build proprietary software.

  I sincerly hope you will consider sharing the pleasure of coding
with us. If you chose another way, I wish you all the best. 

  Cheers,

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