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"MAMEdev are *aggressively* trying to move to a commercial license" What???
WindDrake:
Hopefully they just fork it from it's current codebase and continue on under a different name, taking control away from Overlord Giles and his circlejerk.
Locke141:
I keep checking back to the comment thread.
I am not up on my Mame politics, but from what I can gather 3 people at MAME (RB/Aaron/Micko) are pushing a move to a BSD license, that would allow for commercial use. Its unclear to me how far along this is or whats going to end up happen in the end.
keilmillerjr:
That's awful. I agree with the article. MAME should be used for people to experience retro games that they might not otherwise be able to experience. It should not be used to turn a profit. I could also see a lot of legal issues occurring if mame made it commercial, and it would likely immediately kill the project.
I'm not any kind of professional in mame or legal matters, but that is just my "average person" thought on the subject.
WindDrake:
--- Quote from: Locke141 on October 15, 2013, 03:37:06 pm ---I keep checking back to the comment thread.
I am not up on my Mame politics, but from what I can gather 3 people at MAME (RB/Aaron/Micko) are pushing a move to a BSD license, that would allow for commercial use. Its unclear to me how far along this is or whats going to end up happen in the end.
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I watched MAME go from it's infancy to where it is now, and it does not surprise me at all that R.Belmont is partially behind this. The guy's a nutter.
kahlid74:
I as well have never been a big fan of the MAME user license but I get the jist of it and it's important for us to acknowledge and recognize all of the hard work people have put in to make MAME possible.
Rifts happen everywhere in life. The emulator community will get through it. MAME may never be the same though.