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In 2008, Norman Schmidt tried to distribute his ''Fruit and Toga'' derivative [[xyclOps]] commercially <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=22151 xyclOps 1.2 is available] by Norman Schmidt, [[CCC]], July 05, 2008</ref> until it was suspected as [[Clones|clone]] by [[Matthias Gemuh]] and others <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=22276 xyclOps, a clone ?] by [[Matthias Gemuh]], [[CCC]], July 10, 2008</ref>. After Norman Schmidt freely volunteered to refund his customers <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?topic_view=threads&p=200082&t=22276 Re: xyclOps, a clone ?] by [[Norman Schmidt]], [[CCC]], July 11, 2008</ref> <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=22306 open apology to the chess engine community] by [[Norman Schmidt]], [[CCC]], July 12, 2008</ref>, he announced ''Cyclone based on Fruit and Toga'' as [[:Category:Open Source|open source engine]] <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=22619 Cylone 1.0 beta now available] by [[Norman Schmidt]], [[CCC]], July 27, 2008</ref>.  
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In 2008, Norman Schmidt tried to distribute his ''Fruit and Toga'' derivative [[xyclOps]] commercially <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=22151 xyclOps 1.2 is available] by Norman Schmidt, [[CCC]], July 05, 2008</ref> until it was suspected as [[:Category:Clone|clone]] by [[Matthias Gemuh]] and others <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=22276 xyclOps, a clone ?] by [[Matthias Gemuh]], [[CCC]], July 10, 2008</ref>. After Norman Schmidt freely volunteered to refund his customers <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?topic_view=threads&p=200082&t=22276 Re: xyclOps, a clone ?] by [[Norman Schmidt]], [[CCC]], July 11, 2008</ref> <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=22306 open apology to the chess engine community] by [[Norman Schmidt]], [[CCC]], July 12, 2008</ref>, he announced ''Cyclone based on Fruit and Toga'' as [[:Category:Open Source|open source engine]] <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=22619 Cylone 1.0 beta now available] by [[Norman Schmidt]], [[CCC]], July 27, 2008</ref>.  
 
Further derivative programs by Norman Schmidt were ''TogaToy'' <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=28787 TogaToy 1.0] by [[Norman Schmidt]], [[CCC]], July 04, 2009</ref>, ''Cyclops'' <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=22794 Cyclone 1.0 and Cyclops 1.0 avaliable] by Norman Schmidt, [[CCC]], August 04, 2008</ref>, ''Alderon'', [[Demon]], and ''Crimson'', based on [[Viper]] <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?topic_view=threads&p=278427 Crimson 1.1 is a clone of Viper (and so is 1.0)] by [[Christopher Conkie]], [[CCC]], July 05, 2009</ref>,
 
Further derivative programs by Norman Schmidt were ''TogaToy'' <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=28787 TogaToy 1.0] by [[Norman Schmidt]], [[CCC]], July 04, 2009</ref>, ''Cyclops'' <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=22794 Cyclone 1.0 and Cyclops 1.0 avaliable] by Norman Schmidt, [[CCC]], August 04, 2008</ref>, ''Alderon'', [[Demon]], and ''Crimson'', based on [[Viper]] <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?topic_view=threads&p=278427 Crimson 1.1 is a clone of Viper (and so is 1.0)] by [[Christopher Conkie]], [[CCC]], July 05, 2009</ref>,
 
and more recently [[Fridolin#Jinx|Jinx]] based on [[Fridolin]] <ref>[https://github.com/FireFather/jinx GitHub - FireFather/jinx: chess engine based on Fridolin 2.0]</ref>,
 
and more recently [[Fridolin#Jinx|Jinx]] based on [[Fridolin]] <ref>[https://github.com/FireFather/jinx GitHub - FireFather/jinx: chess engine based on Fridolin 2.0]</ref>,

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Home * People * Norman Schmidt

Norman Schmidt,
an American professional software engineer and avocational chess programmer, who resides in Belgium. He studied mathematics, computer science, systems engineering and network engineering at University of Massachusetts, and music at Boston Conservatory and Berklee College of Music [1]. Concerning computer chess, he is proponent of not reinventing the wheel, and has cooperated with the Ippolit and RobboLito comrades [2] and Decembrists [3] [4], and led the effort to debug, stabilize, and improve Ippolit source code releases, translated RobboLito from Italo-Albanian dialect to English, and put RobboLito versions and his own derivate Fire under the GNU GPL. Beside IvanHoe, he hosts his own Fruit and Toga derivative Cyclone [5], and works with Dmitri Gusev and Matthew R. Brades on Firenzina [6].

Derivatives

In 2008, Norman Schmidt tried to distribute his Fruit and Toga derivative xyclOps commercially [7] until it was suspected as clone by Matthias Gemuh and others [8]. After Norman Schmidt freely volunteered to refund his customers [9] [10], he announced Cyclone based on Fruit and Toga as open source engine [11]. Further derivative programs by Norman Schmidt were TogaToy [12], Cyclops [13], Alderon, Demon, and Crimson, based on Viper [14], and more recently Jinx based on Fridolin [15], Tomcat based on Bobcat [16], and Seagull based on Gull [17].

ChessLogik

Norman Schmidt operated and maintained the ChessLogik.com' site since 2007, to distribute his projects and other open-source chess engines to hobbyists. Claiming fair-mindedness and many programs and the chess community have taken benefit from his contributions and improvements, he substantiates the suspicion [18] [19] that Houdini 1.0 by Robert Houdart is based on his and Sentinel's GNU public licensed RobboLito 0.085g3 [20]. Due to that accusation of misuse, and the Espin case with the SquarknII clone their Robbolito versions 0.085 and 0.09 are no longer available for download from the ChessLogik sites [21] [22].

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