Re: Interesting Licensing Issue -- Crafty

[John Hasler <john@dhh.gt.org>]

Paul Serice wrote:
> 
> Can Dr. Hyatt, the original author of Crafty, restrict use of the
> program such that he is the only person who can enter the original
> program into a chess competition and still have a license that is Debian
> free?

Marcus writes:
> No.
 
Paul Serice wrote:
> Can Dr. Hyatt forbid any derived works from being entered into a chess
> competition and still be Debian free?

Marcus writes:
> No.
 
I agree with Marcus.  If an author could forbid any derived works of his
chess program from being entered into a chess competition and still be
Debian free he could also forbid derived works of his editor from being
used to write fiction.

Is Dr. Hyatt perhaps just a little worried that someone will improve his
program and beat him with it?
-- 
John Hasler
john@dhh.gt.org (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI