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An example of freebies for testers
Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2011 5:06 pm
by BB+
It appears that some engine authors do indeed give free copies to rating league testers:
http://talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=146747 (Sep 2007)
Alex Naumov wrote:Just to clarify that Kiril is not a paying customer.
He has Naum 2.1 (to delete) because he got the copy for free as part of the CCRL team.
Re: An example of freebies for testers
Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2011 9:21 am
by Olivier Deville
BB+ wrote:It appears that some engine authors do indeed give free copies to rating league testers:
http://talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=146747 (Sep 2007)
Alex Naumov wrote:Just to clarify that Kiril is not a paying customer.
He has Naum 2.1 (to delete) because he got the copy for free as part of the CCRL team.
I am getting Naum for free as well. I have to pay for all other engines I test though.
Olivier
Re: An example of freebies for testers
Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2011 9:22 am
by Olivier Deville
BB+ wrote:It appears that some engine authors do indeed give free copies to rating league testers:
http://talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=146747 (Sep 2007)
Alex Naumov wrote:Just to clarify that Kiril is not a paying customer.
He has Naum 2.1 (to delete) because he got the copy for free as part of the CCRL team.
Sorry, got Onno for free too
Olivier
Re: An example of freebies for testers
Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2011 9:29 am
by Jeremy Bernstein
Olivier Deville wrote:BB+ wrote:It appears that some engine authors do indeed give free copies to rating league testers:
http://talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=146747 (Sep 2007)
Alex Naumov wrote:Just to clarify that Kiril is not a paying customer.
He has Naum 2.1 (to delete) because he got the copy for free as part of the CCRL team.
I am getting Naum for free as well. I have to pay for all other engines I test though.
Olivier
This would certainly be an worthwhile disclosure for all the testers/testing groups to make on their websites. It's useful to know who the "sponsors" are.
Jeremy
Re: An example of freebies for testers
Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2011 3:02 pm
by kingliveson
Jeremy Bernstein wrote:Olivier Deville wrote:BB+ wrote:It appears that some engine authors do indeed give free copies to rating league testers:
http://talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=146747 (Sep 2007)
Alex Naumov wrote:Just to clarify that Kiril is not a paying customer.
He has Naum 2.1 (to delete) because he got the copy for free as part of the CCRL team.
I am getting Naum for free as well. I have to pay for all other engines I test though.
Olivier
This would certainly be an worthwhile disclosure for all the testers/testing groups to make on their websites. It's useful to know who the "sponsors" are.
Jeremy
Given the situation with Rybka and CCRL, I could not agree more.
Re: An example of freebies for testers
Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 5:47 pm
by Olivier Deville
Just checked my records about Rybka...
I have paied for :
- Rybka 1.01 on 20 Dec. 2005
- Rybka 2.1 (1CPU) on 24 Jul. 2006
- Rybka 3 (1CPU) on 01 Aug. 2008
- Rybka 4 (1CPU) on 07 June 2010
I have got for free :
- Rybka 3 (SMP) on 07 Aug. 2008
- Noomen's book on 21 June 2009
- Aquarium GUI on 26 June 2009
Olivier
Re: An example of freebies for testers
Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2011 9:17 am
by alfons
Enough already!
You shouldn't feel inclined to tell everyone which engines you've purchased and which ones were received for free, as your're running a free forum, making tournaments and do all other stuff for computerchess also for free (or pro deo) since years.