Re: [computer-go] Data structures for Go

[Dave Denholm <ddenholm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Heikki Levanto <heikki@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Gnu Go was never specially aiming at the Ing prize. It has competed
> (quite successfully) in some competitions. As you may know, it is
> written by a team of volunteers, and is released under the GPL, so
> anyone can look at the source and borrow things he "finds useful", as
> long as he releases his code under the same GPL. If this would ever


I'm not a lawyer, but to try to clarify...

I think that anyone can steal ideas / algorithms from a GPL program
such as Gnu Go *without* requiring their own program be GPL.

But incorporating the GPL *implementation* does taint the program.

(And if the program is released, it must be under GPL, but it doesn't
 have to be released at all...
)


dd
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