Hi,

Some other discussion on the same topic can be found here: http://open-chess.org/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=82

My guess is that he's appearing in a tv commercial.

So my way of reasoning won't hold in court. Still I have a big problem with the concept. Words like open source and free but copyrighted after all. And then there is the matter of temptation. Perhaps some of you know what the Lord said about that in his prayer. Do not. Else, concept for trouble ...

Alright, I am in the process of changing my mind, not there yet, but I now find it more likely that Rybka started its life as Fruit thanks to the contributions of Zach and BB. Having said that I am interested to have a discussion about the sense and nonsense of GPL.

Sense: I sympathize with the ...

It largely impractical, I would even say impossible. You would need to have not only the same CPU, but the same memory (same size, same brand, same type, same latency), same motherboard, same GUI, same OS, even same settings of the OS (same services running in the background, same startup ...

Can you elaborate -- are you suggesting a volunteer in Japan has to use the same hardware as a volunteer in Burkina-Faso? Or, you are saying if a volunteer runs a 40/4 test on one hardware, s/he must also run 40/20, and 40/40 on that same hardware?

Yes, I'm suggesting every tester use the exact ...

Chessbase recently posted a link to http://studimonetari.org/edg/ which is a list of 700 gambits.

I'm not sure I like the methodology of any of the current groups, but then I have a very strong preference for science. For instance, some of the rating groups let the operator choose/create the book. I have no idea how much mischief this could entail, though I see anecdotes around that Engine X ...

Carlsen doesn't have any match experience does he?

A good starting point for gambits is this list on wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_chess_gambits