Hi
Benjamin Teuber from Germany works for IGS to make the official client more
attractive to western players, e.g. he plans to add a kgs-like-review-tool.
You can tell him your wishes (like making igs usable for near blind people) and
if possible he will add them to glgo in the future.
Wolfgang Krames
> Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 10:48:01 +0000
> To: computer-go@computer-go.org
> From: n...@maproom.co.uk
> Subject: Re: [computer-go] Fwd: [gnugo-devel] (GNU) Open source real time
> Go server
> CC: gnugo-de...@gnu.org; campai...@fsf.org
>
> In message
> <88fb322c1001180000q4420480erfaeb5965f0a13...@mail.gmail.com>, Ben
> Lambrechts <benedic...@fedoraproject.org> writes
> >
> >
> >---------- Forwarded message ----------
> >From: Giudici Raphaël <raphael.giud...@gmail.com>
> >Date: Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 12:53 PM
> >Subject: [gnugo-devel] (GNU) Open source real time Go server
> >To: gn...@gnu.org
> >Cc: campai...@fsf.org
> >
> >
> >Hi,
> >
> >I contacted the FSF to talk about the possible creation of an open
> >source real time Go server backed up by the FSF. According to John
> >Sullivan, they are interested by such project and advised me to get in
> >touch with your team.
> >
> >As you probably know, there are 4 (not counting yahoo games etc ... )
> >real time Go server available on internet : Tygem, CyberOro, IGS and
> >KGS. Two of them are Asia operated, IGS and KGS are both free of
> >charge but not open source. KGS seems to be the more popular at the
> >moment due to the way people can create "open games" and the great
> >teaching tools.
>
> I think there must be many more than four on-line real-time Go servers.
> When I last counted (more than five years ago) there were about 50. The
> largest, in terms of users, was at http://www.ourgame.com, with over
> 20,000 Go-players connected at one time. I don't read Chinese, so I
> can't tell you if it still supports Go.
>
> >At first I tried to get in touch with the dev person behind KGS to
> >discuss possible modifications to make kgs usable by near blind
> >people, but he refuses to talk about opening the client, the protocol
> >or the server. I wanted to avoid starting a new server from scratch (
> >with the huge chances to not get anywhere ), but it looks like there
> >is no way to discuss with him.
> >
> >I guess some members of your team are regular on those online Go
> >servers. And maybe already though about such project. I do believe
> >there is room for improvement and an open source alternative : A
> >documented, open protocol and a server project.
>
> Like NNGS?
>
> Nick
>
> >I would like to know if your team is interested, have some ideas, or
> >know other person that would be.
> >
> >I am not a coding person myself, I do work in IT, but know nothing
> >about code and my hobby is drawing ... Though, I would obviously help
> >at all the other levels, get in touch with people, test, write
> >documentation, translate, host and manage ... and so on.
> >
> >Best regards,
> >
> >
> >PS : Gnu GO gives me a hard time at my lunch break every day ... ;D
> >
> >--
> >Raphaël Giudici
> >phone : +33 (0)6 32 56 14 85
> >mail : raphael.giud...@gmail.com
> >
> >
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