[Bug 310] scid - A chess database application

[RPM Fusion Bugzilla]

http://bugzilla.rpmfusion.org/show_bug.cgi?id=310





--- Comment #2 from Mikhail Kalenkov <Mikhail.Kalenkov at gmail.com>  2009-01-10 12:28:59 ---
(In reply to comment #1)
> Will this package be actually useful without Nalimov's code? And does it
> contain tablebases?
In 99% cases Nalimov code is not used, because it is important only in endgame.
The point is that I am not interested in scid without Nalimov code.

Scid package doesn't contain tablebases because of the large size of it (about
7Gb for the 5-piece tablebases).

> Why can't this package go to Fedora? It has the following text in COPYING:
> """"
> As I
> understand the GPL, it basically means you can distribute Scid freely,
> and may modify it, but any modifications you make must also be made
> freely available as source code under the terms of the GPL.
> """"
> So, basically it's GPL. It should be asked on fedora-legal list is it
> acceptable in Fedora.
Without books, bases and Nalimov code scid is GPL.

>From COPYING concerning Nalimov code
*****************************
Please note: although there is no explicit copyright notice in the
tablebase decoding code, all rights are reserved by its author
Eugene Nalimov and you should ask for permission before using it.
He has granted permission for its distribution in Scid, and out of
courtesy I ask that if you make use of the tablebase code outside
of Scid, please ask Eugene first. His email address is at the end of
the file src/egtb/probe.txt.
***********************************
> 
> Also, license on scid/bases, scid/books and scid/sounds should be clarified.
OK.
> And it doesn't install scid/bases, is it desired?
Currently scid doesn't work fluently with read-only training bases. That's why
I didn't include it into package. Scid developers are planning to fix this bug.


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