Re: [gnugo-devel] endgame module for GNU Go

[Evan Daniel]

On Sun, 19 Sep 2004 01:04:19 +0200, Xavier Combelle
<address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> >It sounds correct, to my understanding. The exact meaning of "linking"
> >code is somewhat fuzzy though, so I can only again refer to
> >http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html. If you really depend on the
> >answer you should consult a lawyer.
> >
> The point is that I just want to use the gtp interface of gnugo, As it
> is really designed for be linked like that with other programs like GUI
> or go servers for me it's fair use of the possibilities of gnugo.
> 
> As here are the developpers of gnugo, if there is a consensus that my
> use of gnugo is fair with the freedom you gived to your code, I really
> don't think that I need a lawyer.
> 
> So is there anyone here who don't want that I reuse the intelligence of
> gnugo for my own purposes?

If you simply intend to ship GNU Go bundled with your program, and the
only connection between the two is over GTP, then there is no issue. 
I think you should also make the source for the version of GNU Go
available, but other than that it doesn't sound like there's a problem
with what you want to do.

Again, I'm not an expert, but I think it's fine.

Evan Daniel