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That's funny, I thought it was well understood that Houdart didn't write 99% of Houdini, but it's an improved version of the public domain Ippolit/Robbolito sou
by rockdoe 14y ago
That's funny, I thought it was well understood that Houdart didn't write 99% of Houdini, but it's an improved version of the public domain Ippolit/Robbolito sources, the latter being GPL.
It's a bit like calling Alan Cox "author of the widely used Linux operating system".
- shabble 14y agoThere seems to be quite a lot of controversy over the lineage of quite a few of the top chess engines, from what I recall reading. I can't find the article I'm remembering this from right now, but I think it was focused on [a] decision to disqualify Rybka from some rankings. Ippolit stands accused of using decompiled parts of Rybka, Rybka itself may[2] be using bits of Fruit, and possibly others. I don't know enough to comment about the strength of the various allegations, but there are definitely conflicts over the exact authorship/heritage of a lot of the top performers. [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rybka#Controversy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rybka#Controversy