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I suppose they were providing the stockfish software to Chessbase (and everyone else) under the GPL, but now they won't do that any more. I don't think that pr
by Y_Y 5y ago
I suppose they were providing the stockfish software to Chessbase (and everyone else) under the GPL, but now they won't do that any more.
I don't think that prevents somebody sympathetic (if such a person exists) from re-distributing it to Chessbase though.
- FartyMcFarter 5y ago> I don't think that prevents somebody sympathetic (if such a person exists) from re-distributing it to Chessbase though. Would this be legal?
- greenshackle2 5y agoNo. Stockfish owns the copyright to their code. You can't copy stockfish code without a license from stockfish. There's no provision in the GPL for some third party to re-grant a GPL license to someone else after their license was terminated.
- gnud 5y agoDon't think it's a problem to give them the code, as long as your own license isn't terminated. But it would be a breach of copyright for Chessbase to distribute or modify the code, after their license has been terminated.
- Scarblac 5y agoIt doesn't stop another person redistributing -- but then Chessbase still has no license for the copy they received. It doesn't help them.