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Fat Fritz 2
and was soon separated after the intervention of the Stockfish community due to a possible [[Free Software Foundation#GPL|GPL license]] violation <ref>[https://blog.stockfishchess.org/post/643239805544792064/statement-on-fat-fritz-2 Statement on Fat Fritz 2] by [[Joost VandeVondele]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Stockfish Blog]], February 15, 2021</ref>.
While the separated none GPL licensed NNUE file had a replacement on GitHub <ref>[https://github.com/DanielUranga/Stockfish/blob/ff2/src/FatFritz2_v1.bin Stockfish/FatFritz2_v1.bin at ff2 · DanielUranga/Stockfish · GitHub]</ref>, it was not identical with the commercial purchased network, yielding in weaker play <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=76537&start=238 Re: Fat Fritz 2] by [[Stefan Pohl]], [[CCC]], February 13, 2021</ref>.
The Stockfish community, denying Fat Fritz 2's originality as claimed by ChessBase, initially reacted with the release of [[Stockfish|Stockfish 13]] on February 19, 2021 <ref>[https://blog.stockfishchess.org/post/643570707142492160/stockfish-13 Stockfish 13], The Stockfish Team, February 19, 2021</ref>. In summer 2021, the Stockfish team filed a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawsuit lawsuit] against [[ChessBase]] to enforce the consequences of the license termination concerning Fat Fritz 2 and the allegedly Stockfish derivative [[Houdini#Stockfish|Houdini 6]] sold by ChessBase <ref>[https://stockfishchess.org/blog/2021/our-lawsuit-against-chessbase/ Our lawsuit against ChessBase], [[Stockfish|The Stockfish team]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Stockfish Blog]], July 20, 2021</ref>. From November 2022, ChessBase has stopped selling both Fat Fritz 2 and [[Houdini#Stockfish|Houdini]] as an agreement with the Stockfish team to end their legal dispute<ref>[https://stockfishchess.org/blog/2022/chessbase-stockfish-agreement/ ChessBase GmbH and the Stockfish team reach an agreement and end their legal dispute] by [[Stockfish|The Stockfish team]], [[Stockfish Blog]], November 18, 2022</ref>.
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