Re: [computer-go] how to use GTP in place of GMP

[Marco Scheurer <marco@xxxxxxxx>]

On Aug 12, 2004, at 7:28 PM, Erik van der Werf wrote:

> BTW How do people feel about the increased opportunities for foul play 
> in network environments. It may be significantly harder for tournament 
> organizers to deal with (accusations of) foul play...
I'm affraid there is not much to be done. Network based tournament or 
not, any computer could be connected to an outside expert using 
wireless transmission for instance... Of course the signal could be 
detected, but then what? Should tournaments be held in clean, 
radio-free, monitored environments?

As with other cause of suspected cheating it seems that in the end the 
only definitive solution is a tournament clause requiring that programs 
source code can be examined, as does the ICGA Olympiad:

"2. Each program must be the original work of the entering developers. 
Programming teams whose code is derived from or including game-playing 
code written by others must name all other authors, or the source of 
such code, in their application details. Programs which are discovered 
to be close derivatives of others (e.g., by playing nearly all moves 
the same), may be declared invalid by the Tournament Director after 
seeking expert advice. For this purpose a listing of all game-related 
code running on the system must be available on demand to the 
Tournament Director."

(http://www.cs.unimaas.nl/olympiad2004/rules.html )


Marco Scheurer
Sen:te, Lausanne, Switzerland   http://www.sente.ch

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