From: Pieter Stouten <stoutepf <at> CARBON <dot> DMPC <dot> COM>
Date: 12 sep 1996
Subject: Mail about KIWAME shogi

Earlier today, a student who got access to Jens Mueller-Koppe's PC at the
University of Bremen sent a mail to SHOGI-L mentioning that Kiwame Shogi
was attached and that he thought that this piracy would not harm the
Japanese company that has the rights to it. Fortunately (as far as I can
tell), the program was *NOT* attached to the mail message, so no real harm
was done.

Nevertheless, I'd like to take this opportunity to make the following points:
1) Jens Mueller-Koppe did not and does not endorse piracy and never
   intended the message nor the Kiwame program to be distributed via
   SHOGI-L. His only mistake was to leave his PC unguarded for a short
   while.
2) Any and all reasons that people may have for justifying unofficial
   distribution of Kiwame in Europe (including that it will not harm its
   copy right holder and manufacturer) are irrelevant. The simple fact is
   that its owners hold all rights to the program, and (re)distributing
   it without their prior consent constitutes an act of piracy for which
   there is no place on SHOGI-L.

Pieter Stouten, co-owner SHOGI-L
stoutepf <at> carbon <dot> dmpc <dot> com