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New Mame License...
RetroJames:
--- Quote from: monkeybomb on April 07, 2005, 01:01:28 pm ---Can someone breakdown the implications and possible practicle outcomes of this?
Also it looks like ultracade gets to use MAME as long as they have documentation of their rights from the owners of the games.
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Tiger-Heli:
--- Quote from: 1hookedspacecadet on April 07, 2005, 01:15:15 pm ---I would think this also means the rom burners, who are on the edge if not over the line already anyway, cannot include mame source or executables on thier rom distribution disks, or make statments that in thier advertisements that the roms are for mame use etc.
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They couldn't include MAME source or executables on the SAME disk under the previous license. Although it will be interesting to see how they specify the 0.95 or the 0.95u1 set without referring to MAME.
--- Quote ---Folks who sell marquees or other artwork with the mame logo or word will have to ask permission.
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And web page authors will have to put TM after the first instance of MAME.
--- Quote ---So if I wanted to sell the OmegaMame (interesting, I wonder what the rules are for words that include the text "mame")
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Products or services that wish to use the name MAME or a derivative thereof must obtain explicit permission from the trademark owner (Nicola) to do so in all cases.
So technically, you need to ask Nicola if it's okay to call your cab OmegaMame. Probably doesn't apply to home use, but probably would if you ever sold it.
--- Quote --- - anyway, if I want to sell it on ebay I would need to remove the mame source, and advertise it as a PC powered arcade cabinet which can run pc based games and other software. Or something to that effect.
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And either change the marquee, or get Nicola's permission and add TM to the end of it.
IANAL either, FWIW.
Lilwolf:
btw, Haze mentions that they will give permission to cab builders who only sell with legal roms...
goto the official mame board for details.
Of course... Thats Haze and Nicolas is the one who needs to give the permissions... But hopefully it will be ok.
monkeybomb:
--- Quote from: Lilwolf on April 07, 2005, 02:26:04 pm ---btw, Haze mentions that they will give permission to cab builders who only sell with legal roms...
goto the official mame board for details.
Of course... Thats Haze and Nicolas is the one who needs to give the permissions... But hopefully it will be ok.
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That's why I thought ultracade would have a right to use it, even IF they didn't use it in the past.
DreamWeb:
OmegaMame[tm] (TM)
Good name. It's mine now.