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Comment by deeeeplearning | Hacker News Reader

> Everyone is allowed to copy Stockfish/Leela and sell them, provided the terms of the Stockfish/Leela license are met. But don’t pretend that the product being sold is something it isn’t.

What's the issue? Did OS contributors suddenly realize you can make money off software? They're upset at marketers doing marketing?

Don't understand the downvotes. If they violated the terms of the license or did something illegal then sue, otherwise they're just whinging.

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“It is sad to see claims of innovation where there has been none, and claims of improvement in an engine that is weaker than its open-source origins. It is also sad to see people appropriating the open-source work and effort of others and claiming it as their own.”

These seem to be their main gripes

Sounds like a standard software company...

It's a scam (it doesn't even use the best version of stockfish, so much for "the best chess engine available").

Moreover, it infringe GPL. I would love if a country started enforcing GPL with huge fines. Company-destroying fines.

The only people who can enforce the GPL are the people who own the copyright of the code infringed. They may be able to win huge fines, but (with some infamous exceptions) generally aim more for compliance than punishment.

>It's a scam (it doesn't even use the best version of stockfish, so much for "the best chess engine available").

Have you used the internet or turned on a Tv in the last 20 years? Do you really think Dodge has "The Best Truck in the world" or that Verizon really has the "fastest 5g in America". This is marketing 101 for any business in the US.

If a seller only gets sales because of the ignorance of their customers, it's a rip off. I'd be annoyed if my work was being used to rip people off, even if no licence terms or laws were being broken.

Sounds like SOP for American business to me.

Apart from the question of legality of removing copyright notices/changing authorship (which is definitely a copyright violation in some jurisdictions), there is more than just legality.

One can (and most people do) condemn some actions even if they are technically legal.

They’re just letting the community know that they shouldn’t fall for the scam.

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