Re: [gnugo-devel] tournament at US Go Congress - SlugGo needs permission

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> There will be a computer Go tournament at the US Go Congress in  
> Portland Oregon. I hope that at least one GNU Go primary author will  
> be at the Congress and will enter GNU Go in the tournament.

Unfortunately I can't go since I'll be in Scotland for
a workshop. Is anyone entering GNU Go?

> My foundation (HSRF) has offered $1,000 in prize money and another  
> donor has added $250. Tournament rules require derivative programs  
> like SlugGo to obtain the explicit permission of the original authors  
> of any included code. I do not believe that the GPL is sufficient.  
> This is similar to, but slightly less restrictive than, the rules for  
> the Formal division of the KGS monthly tournaments. The KGS rules are  
> that derivative programs and the original program cannot both be  
> entered in the Formal division of the same monthly tournament. I am  
> asking for such permission from you so that I can enter SlugGo at the  
> Go Congress.

I think we need to hear from Gunnar but I don't see anything
wrong with SlugGo playing. Do you intend to drive a lot of
equipment up to Portland?

Dan