Re: [gnugo-devel] Latest news from the Olympiad

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> I do not really think so, since Go Intellect won e.g. against Many Faces
> as well. But even if so, there is nothing wrong with that, since GPL
> states clearly that anyone is welcome to use the program as (s)he pleases,
> including for fine-tuning his own product. It may be a little unfair, but
> I definitely find it good for overall Go programs' progress. BTW, GNU Go
> was used in several conference papers as a benchmarking player and as
> such, it has made a considerable contribution to the whole community.

It is definitely fair to tune against an available opponent,
independent of the GPL. This is traditional in computer 
chess and Go.

It seems likely that since GNU Go and Go Intellect
have been closely matched in recent tournaments that
Ken Chen would have wanted to tune against GNU Go,
especially if he is improving his program.

Dan