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[Ed Schroder]

Subject: Programmer code of honor

Hello all,

This email is meant for all chess programmers and can be freely distributed. It concerns the current state of ongoing confusion among chess programmers about what is allowed and what is not regarding taking code | taking ideas | reverse engineering binaries from competitors.

I believe the chess programmers community is in need for a "Programmer code", a code of honor to keep.

To establish that I created an entry form at:

http://www.top-5000.nl/programmer_code.htm

The success of this initiative will be in the support it receives. When the list is long and impressive the wish to be on it will increase. So there is a bit of emotional blackmail involved. But then again you are basically asked to keep the law of your country except for point 3 which is new but common in the academic and scientific world but nevertheless could be a bridge too far for some.

Thanks for listening and good luck,

Ed