GNU CHESS Public licence, Free Software Foundation
Although the Free Software Foundation and I have nothing to do with
each other, I like their attitude, which is the spirit in which I
would like to offer the chess pages. Basically, do what you like
with it, but don't forget it's mine!
In practical terms:
- if you quote directly, please attribute it properly.
- if you base your work partly on mine, please say so. [Just a
mention in the "references" will do, and listing the URL would be
nice.] - if you got some stuff free from me, please let others know they
can get it free from me too.
If you catch me not obeying these rules myself, please
let me know!
A recent correspondent summed up the idea nicely:
"I must admit that I have grown rather cynical over the
years. The internet has been the one shining light in a world that,
for me, has grown overcast with the fallout of the "me"
generation's myopia. Through the internet I have come to beleive
that there are people all over the world [...] that are
contributing to the "Stone Soup" for
purely altruistic reasons. I am delighted and amazed and thankful
to all that are helping slow down the Third Law of Thermodynamics
(entropy, non?). I will make efforts to contribute
too."
Nicely put. It's my way of giving something back when folk have been kind to me. What goes
around, comes around, if you'll pardon the corn. There are many
reasons to like the internet, and chess
is one of them.
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