THIEF - A free client for playing chess on the internet
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Programmer and License

Thief is an internet chess server interface written by Zon Jan (WhoAmI on FICS). He is a great programmer and put a lot of hard work into Thief and his many other bughouse tools. WhoAmI wrote this stuff because he loved playing bughouse and he said he wanted to contribute back to the bughouse community that provided him so much enjoyment. WhoAmI decided to stop writing and supporting Thief but graciously released the source code so that Thief could be further developed. Ludens has taken up the lead and is currently maintaining the Thief project.

Thief source code is FREEWARE. Released AS IT IS WITHOUT ANY DIRECT OR IMPLIED WARRENTY WHATSOEVER. There are no licenses involved. The only licence is the LGPL for using Knights Theme Pack pieces in installation release (one of the piece author asked to include the LGPL.TXT for using his pieces).

Credits
  • Program authored by WhoAmI of FICS.
  • Most graphics pieces provided by Gorgonian of FICS.
  • Decius pieces provided by decius of FICS.
  • Some pieces and squares provided by Richard Jernigan.
  • Most wave files created by SuperGrover of FICS.
  • Icon created by DrZukhar of FICS.
  • Knights pieces and squares provided by Knights ThemePack authors.
    • Asif Ali Rizwaan
    • Bastian Salmela
    • Gilles Caulier
    • Troy Corbin Jr.
Thanks
  • Thanks to crazyalex of FICS for all his help in Thief designs, suggestions, testings, and bug reports. Without his help Thief could not be done!
  • Thanks to SuperGrover for creating wave files and giving valuable suggestions and bug reports. Without his help Thief could not be done!
  • Thanks to Gorgonian of FICS for his hard work on many graphics pieces and to decius of FICS for creating the decius graphics pieces. Without their help Thief could not look this good!
  • Thanks to knighttour of FICS for all his great suggestions and Thief testing. Without his help Thief could not be done!
  • Thanks to Richard Jernigan the author of ICC interface Icarus for creating beautiful graphics and kind permission to use this graphics in Thief.
  • Thanks to mann of FICS for writing Winboard and making its source codes publicly available where many of Thief's technology came from.
  • Thanks to Takaru of FICS for writing WinJABI and making its source codes available where Thief's main parsing technology came from.
  • Thanks to Tecumseh, Blackcomb, Thufir, and Gena of FICS for help in programming previous versions of Thief. Their work is what made this version possible.
  • Thanks to fermy of FICS for all his support and not hanging up the phone on me when I called him late at night asking for help in various programming issues.
  • Thanks to Marv, Marcusm, and Sheffra of FICS for all their help and support during the hard times of Thief development.
  • Thanks to DrZukhar of FICS for creating Thief's icon.
  • Thanks to all beta testers for testing Thief.
  • Thanks to Asif Ali Rizwaan of the Knights ThemePack for graphics pieces and squares.
  • Thanks to Bastian Salmela of the Knights ThemePack for graphics pieces and squares.
  • Thanks to Gilles Caulier of the Knights ThemePack for graphics pieces and squares.
  • Thanks to Troy Corbin Jr. of the Knights ThemePack for graphics pieces and squares.