release plans about chess-analysis

[FAMILIAR-project]

Hi,

Yes we plan!
We have two "issues" but I am quite optimistic we will resolve them quickly.

First, the whole dataset is 1+ To so we need to find an infrastructure for hosting.
A second problem is the license of the dataset. It will be free, perhaps in the public domain, but the concern I have so far is related to games (PGN) themselves: are there free? what are the licenses of such games? Any pointer to a discussion will be very helpful!

By the way we published a small report on the dataset:
https://hal.inria.fr/hal-01307091

[jkrabbenbos]

What is the current status on making the FEN database publicly available e.g. for research?

There are a lot of PGN files in the public domain, containing old games. Next to that, have a look at this old discussion about copyright and PGN: https://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/is-this-potential-copyright-infringement. As long as you only have the moves and no comments from whatever source, I think it is allowed. There were also several world championship were the right to display the moves were disputed even in court.