This Debian GNU/Linux package of crafty was put together by Paul Serice
<ugs@debian.org> from source and data files obtained from:
	ftp.cis.uab.edu:/pub/hyatt/

The following copyright can be found in main.c of the original source
distribution.

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*                                                                             *
*  Crafty, copyrighted 1996 by Robert M. Hyatt, Ph.D., Associate Professor    *
*  of Computer and Information Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham. *
*                                                                             *
*  All rights reserved.  No part of this program may be reproduced in any     *
*  form or by any means, for any commercial (for profit/sale) reasons.  This  *
*  program may be freely distributed, used, and modified, so long as such use *
*  does not in any way result in the sale of all or any part of the source,   *
*  the executables, or other distributed materials that are a part of this    *
*  package.                                                                   *
*                                                                             *
*******************************************************************************


Does this copyright mean Crafty cannot be redistributed by the usual
Debian CD redistributors?  Well, I asked Prof. Hyatt this exact
question via e-mail.  The conversation was as follows:

> Third, I have some questions regarding the extent to which you'll
> allow Debian to distribute Crafty.  As I'm sure you know, Debian puts
> all of its available software packages on its FTP server and freely
> distributes them.  Because Debian is available for free, many
> companies put Debian on a CD and distribute the CD -- for a profit.  
> Some of the companies donate part of the proceeds to help Debian or 
> GNU or Linux in general.  The cheapest version of the CD that I'm
> aware of is CheapBytes's at http://www.cheapbytes.com/.  They are  
> selling "Debian 1.2 Plus 2 CD-ROM Linux Archive Set" for $5.99.
> 

not a problem with me at all...


> Many programmers do not want their product sold by these CD
> distributors.  So, Debian maintains two different sets of software
> packages.  The first set (called the "Main Distribution") is for the
> packages which come with no copyright restrictions.  Thus, the CD
> manufacturers assume they can distribute the entire first set without
> having to check the individual copyrights of each package separately.
> The second set (called "Non-Free") is for the packages with   
> restrictions on distribution which put the CD manufacturers on notice
> that they probably shouldn't distribute the package, and if they do,
> they'll need to closely check the restrictions.
> 
> From what I have read in "main.c", you will allow Debian to *freely*
> distribute the Crafty source or executable.  However, you do not want
> people selling Crafty as part of a CD package or otherwise.  If this 
> is correct, I will put Crafty in the "Non-Free" section.
> 

no...  I simply don't want someone to market crafty as a chess program.
Including it with something else is fine, knowing that there will be
newer (and better) versions for free on my ftp machine anyway.  I put
that restriction in because there was a company that was making waves
about "Crafty is just too strong to be free, we are going to modify it
a little and then sell it..."
