The program plays the game for a user [LWN.net]

The program plays the game for a user

Posted May 7, 2008 21:01 UTC (Wed) by debacle (subscriber, #7114)
Parent article: Blizzard tests the reach of copyright law

This is great! I've been waiting for this long time. I find computer games generally very
boring (with only few exceptions) and many people seem to waste many hours a week in gaming.
Having programs playing for them, they could enjoy the nice autumn we currently have (or
springtime, YMMV) or meet friends or go dancing. Hopefully this phantastic program will not be
outlawed.

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The program plays the game for a user

Posted May 7, 2008 21:21 UTC (Wed) by dark (✭ supporter ✭, #8483) [Link]

"unless one is developing free game-playing robots"

That is a nice hobby. I've done it myself, except for the "free" part. Since automating the gameplay was most of the fun, I saw no sense in denying that fun to others by publishing my code :)