Re: [gnugo-devel] A GNUGO program with Windows GUI

[Marco Scheurer]

> Maybe this is one of the grey areas. If I read the description 
> correctly,
> there is one change to gnugo to make it a dll, and then a separate
> front end uses the dll.
>
> The question is, is a front end using gnugo as a dll more integrated 
> than a front
> end using gnugo via gmp or gtp ?

Yes, and especially so from a GPL point of view.

> Eg could get round the restriction by making a replacement dll which 
> does
> speaks to gnugo via gtp, and the front end is none-the-wiser.

Yes, but I don't see why this would be of any interest in that case. If 
you make your front-end gtp or gmp compatible, it should be able to work 
unmodified with a variety of go engines.

Marco Scheurer
Sen:te, Lausanne, Switzerland    http://www.sente.ch