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Bruce Wilcox Go Dojo
Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2018 7:22 am
by Chaosrider2808
Does anyone know what the current "state of play" is regarding the copyright of this masterpiece? Who currently has the legal authority to distribute it, or authorize distribution?
I don't care for ME. I've got mine! But I'd like to be able to refer new players to it. While respecting the copyright.
Alternatively, does anyone know of another currently available product that is as thorough...and as accessible...as the BWD?
Thx!
TCS
Re: Bruce Wilcox Go Dojo
Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2018 7:41 am
by dfan
Presumably Bruce Wilcox still has the copyright, and still is the person with the legal authority to distribute it. Do you have any particular reason to suspect that this is no longer the case?
Re: Bruce Wilcox Go Dojo
Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2018 7:57 am
by tchan001
From his KGS user (bwilcox) info
web: webpages.charter.net/suewilcox
Author of book EZ-Go: Oriental Strategy in a Nutshell (available in PDF)
Author of Bruce Wilcox's Go Dojo: Contact Fights (available email/CD)
Author of Bruce Wilcox's Go Dojo: Sector Fights (available email/CD)
Explicator of the "Great Wall" opening.
Author of Computer Go program NEMESIS (defunct)
Author of Computer Go program RiscIgo (defunct)
Author of Computer Go program Ego (mostly-defunct)
So go to his website
http://webpages.charter.net/suewilcox
and lo and behold, you can still order the software directly from the author.
Re: Bruce Wilcox Go Dojo
Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2018 4:19 pm
by Chaosrider2808
NEMESIS!
I BOUGHT Nemesis!
Thanks for the info, guys. My initial inquiries about this were met with...not immediately useful responses. What I was looking for was "You can Go buy it here:", which is the info that you just provided.
After the initial responses, which were not that, I just wanted to make sure that it was still available to new Go players, because it's so good.
Apparently it is, so all is well with the Galaxy!
TCS
Re: Bruce Wilcox Go Dojo
Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2018 11:06 am
by Chaosrider2808
Somewhat to my dismay, I can't find the "Sector Fights" part of the BWD. I know I have it somewhere, but I don't know where.
On the other hand, I DID uncover my 16-digit serial number/product activation key from one of my prior purchases of the BWD!
So I'm going to mosey over to the website, and buy Sector Fights, and hopefully get any updates that may be available since I last bought the Dojo.
I'll report back!
Thx,
TCS
Re: Bruce Wilcox Go Dojo
Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2018 11:25 am
by Chaosrider2808
OK, this isn't as straightforward as it might seem.
I went to the website, but there's no "Buy Me!" button. For those who don't know this already, you need to Paypal some money to an email address that's listed on the site. I just sent a message to that email to confirm that all is still well. Having just done this, it tickled a memory that this is how it worked on the previous occasions when I've bought the BWD as well. A bit of an unorthodox payment cycle by modern standards, but if it works, it works!
I have a Paypal account, but there's no money in it, and I've been somewhat annoyed with Paypal recently anyway. I think there's a way I can send money THROUGH Paypal, using a credit card that DOES have money, but I don't remember how that works.
Can anyone give me a quick reminder of how that works?
Sorry to be so lame about this, and thanks for the help!
TCS
Re: Bruce Wilcox Go Dojo
Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2018 3:19 pm
by Chaosrider2808
All done!
I was recognized as a former customer; no new charge!
I have both Contact and Sector fights. I'm modifying my study plan a bit. I was going to go through the entire Contact Fights first, but now on reflection, I'll now do the Elementary level of Sector Fights, and then go back to my work on the Novice Contact fights.
Oh happy day!
TCS
Re: Bruce Wilcox Go Dojo
Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2018 10:44 am
by 00Noles
Does anyone know what's up with his website? I just wanted to order Contact Fights, but the link does not seem to work anymore
If someone could pass me the mail address, that would be great
Re: Bruce Wilcox Go Dojo
Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2018 11:07 am
by dfan
Here is the latest snapshot of the Go Dojo webpage on the Internet Archive:
https://web.archive.org/web/20171221164 ... ontact.htm
It says that his email address is
gowilcox@gmail.com.
Re: Bruce Wilcox Go Dojo
Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2018 5:59 pm
by tchan001
Note the new website address from his current KGS profile
web: brilligunderstanding.com/GoDojo.htm
Author of book EZ-Go: Oriental Strategy in a Nutshell (available in PDF)
Author of Bruce Wilcox's Go Dojo: Contact Fights (available email/CD)
Author of Bruce Wilcox's Go Dojo: Sector Fights (available email/CD)
Explicator of the "Great Wall" opening.
Author of Computer Go program NEMESIS (defunct)
Author of Computer Go program RiscIgo (defunct)
Author of Computer Go program Ego (mostly-defunct)
Re: Bruce Wilcox Go Dojo
Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2018 8:01 pm
by Bonobo
tchan001 wrote:Note the new website address from his current KGS profile
web: brilligunderstanding.com/GoDojo.htm
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Thanks!
In clickable form:
http://brilligunderstanding.com/GoDojo.htm