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In article <1995May12.103408.6718@informatik.uni-ulm.de> eroesche@informatik.uni-ulm.de (Eckehart Roescheisen) writes:
> In article <joes.207.000E59F7@ultranet.com>, joes@ultranet.com (Joe Stella) writes:
> > This newsgroup is supposed to be for discussion about "gnuchess", a
> > shareware chess program.
> 
> *not* shareware. it's freeware.

Bzzt.  I just read the sources; it's copyrighted:

 * gnuchess.h - Header file for GNU CHESS
 *
 * Copyright (c) 1988,1989,1990 John Stanback
 * Copyright (c) 1992 Free Software Foundation
 *
 * This file is part of GNU CHESS.
 *
 * GNU Chess is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
 * any later version.
 *
 * GNU Chess is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with GNU Chess; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
 * the Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.

This means that is is NOT any of the following:
	freeware (not the same as free software)
	shareware
	public domain

Gnuchess is COPYRIGHTED.  The copyright gives you certain rights,
and enforces certain restrictions on what you can and cannot
do with it.  Just because the copyright allows you to obtain
the program and sources for no charge does not mean you can
do what you want with it.

The appropriate terms for describing this software are either
"Copyrighted under the GPL" or "Copylefted".

For more information, contact the FSF at gnu@prep.ai.mit.edu.

DJ