Complaints against the Chess programs LOOP and THINKER

[bob]

The second appears to derive from IvanHoe (thus partially Rybka 3).

but it is kinda very odd, don't you think?

Mark Watkins (BB) is the one advising (presenting evidence to) Mr. Levy in these new Loop/Thinker 'clone' matters,
as well as previously, in the Fruit/Rybka case:
http://www.open-chess.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1772

BB is also the one who wrote the Ippolit/Rybka document, which almost all agree, shows no connection between Rybka and Ippolit:
http://www.open-chess.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=119

Is Mr. Levy simply unaware of Mark's previous work regarding Ippolit/Rybka?
I hope he's not forming and publishing opinions based simply on what he's heard through the misinformation grapevine...

or does someone else have his ear in these matters?

I think David is probably referring to Vas' original comments about ippolit. We don't know that it did or didn't come from Rybka. You could always ask Mark directly as to what he thinks, he posts on open chess regularly.