chesstango wrote:a porn site or those people that view the site???
Both
a chess site that offers programs free, or the people that pick up those progs for personal use???
Both
a person who offers a stolen Rolex in ebay (for example) or the person that buys it in good faith???
The thief.
Do I win any prize for getting them right?
Porn Sites are Legal. Viewing Porn is Legal. Only Child Porn is Illegal and that applies to the site and the viewer.
How can me or Terry live without porn. Porn makes our sad, loney lives merrier. As far as I know, only Child porn is illegal. Porn is probably illegal in China or in a conservative muslim country, then again alcohol is illegal in certain countries.
chesstango wrote:a porn site or those people that view the site???
Both
a chess site that offers programs free, or the people that pick up those progs for personal use???
Both
a person who offers a stolen Rolex in ebay (for example) or the person that buys it in good faith???
The thief.
Do I win any prize for getting them right?
Porn Sites are Legal. Viewing Porn is Legal. Only Child Porn is Illegal and that applies to the site and the viewer.
He's wrong about the chess programs as well. For instance, WBEC Ridderkerk offers chess programs for free, and neither it nor its users are doing anything illegal or wrong.
chesstango wrote:a porn site or those people that view the site???
Both
a chess site that offers programs free, or the people that pick up those progs for personal use???
Both
a person who offers a stolen Rolex in ebay (for example) or the person that buys it in good faith???
The thief.
Do I win any prize for getting them right?
Porn Sites are Legal. Viewing Porn is Legal. Only Child Porn is Illegal and that applies to the site and the viewer.
He's wrong about the chess programs as well. For instance, WBEC Ridderkerk offers chess programs for free, and neither it nor its users are doing anything illegal or wrong.
Silly questions, silly answers.
I agree
Ok, then what about a page like Ed Schröder's free chess downloads page? (http://www.top-5000.nl/cp.htm) This page is largely an abandonware site, with a bunch of old commercial programs available for download.
Now, he states that he obtained permission for many of these programs. But, has he obtained permission, or have the copyrights been waived, for ALL of them? I hope so, because I respect Ed and what he has done for the computer chess community, and wouldn't want to see him get into hot water over a technicality.
Also, I don't think the question about the sites offering programs for free was all that silly. The poster didn't say *free* programs offered for free.
tmokonen wrote:
Also, I don't think the question about the sites offering programs for free was all that silly. The poster didn't say *free* programs offered for free.
tmokonen wrote:
Also, I don't think the question about the sites offering programs for free was all that silly. The poster didn't say *free* programs offered for free.
Tony
You are from Canada.
Yes, that would explain the obtuse remarks I made. And I'm not just from Canada, but Surrey. This place has a, er, reputation of sorts. Google "Surrey Girl" to see what I mean.
tmokonen wrote:
Also, I don't think the question about the sites offering programs for free was all that silly. The poster didn't say *free* programs offered for free.
Tony
You are from Canada.
Yes, that would explain the obtuse remarks I made. And I'm not just from Canada, but Surrey. This place has a, er, reputation of sorts. Google "Surrey Girl" to see what I mean.
Tony
You ruined my joke. I expected a question as a reply, something like what? WTF? or What the heck are you talking about? There was a thread here few weeks ago that talked about an unusual site that was made by a canadian and an american. So my answer if you had responded correctly/or my way would have been, you are Canadian, and I am an American, let's start a clone site.
chesstango wrote:a porn site or those people that view the site???
Both
a chess site that offers programs free, or the people that pick up those progs for personal use???
Both
a person who offers a stolen Rolex in ebay (for example) or the person that buys it in good faith???
The thief.
Do I win any prize for getting them right?
Porn Sites are Legal. Viewing Porn is Legal. Only Child Porn is Illegal and that applies to the site and the viewer.
He's wrong about the chess programs as well. For instance, WBEC Ridderkerk offers chess programs for free, and neither it nor its users are doing anything illegal or wrong.
Silly questions, silly answers.
I agree
Ok, then what about a page like Ed Schröder's free chess downloads page? (http://www.top-5000.nl/cp.htm) This page is largely an abandonware site, with a bunch of old commercial programs available for download.
Now, he states that he obtained permission for many of these programs. But, has he obtained permission, or have the copyrights been waived, for ALL of them? I hope so, because I respect Ed and what he has done for the computer chess community, and wouldn't want to see him get into hot water over a technicality.
Also, I don't think the question about the sites offering programs for free was all that silly. The poster didn't say *free* programs offered for free.
Tony
It's silly in my opinion as it is fairly easy to distinguish abandon ware.
As far as I know, only Child porn is illegal. Porn is probably illegal in China or in a conservative muslim country, then again alcohol is illegal in certain countries.
