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| Haze:
MAME is 'open source' (technically not true Open Source, we use our own license) and its staying that way. Any paranoia over Mame going closed source, or linking to closed source libaries is uncalled for. Remember, our focus is on creating a technical documentation project, the source is the most important thing to us, otoh we couldn't care less if nobody ever distributed any binaries. |
| Tiger-Heli:
--- Quote from: Haze on June 18, 2005, 01:24:32 pm ---MAME is 'open source' (technically not true Open Source, we use our own license) and its staying that way. Any paranoia over Mame going closed source, or linking to closed source libaries is uncalled for. Remember, our focus is on creating a technical documentation project, the source is the most important thing to us, otoh we couldn't care less if nobody ever distributed any binaries. --- End quote --- Thanks Haze, glad you're on here. Okay, so mame won't go closed source, but they could post binaries that only worked with Foley Roms and then only made the compile environment available to the dev team members. . . |
| rackoon:
I apologize for going over the top with my comments, (SORRY SAINT). I love your forum and your book; I wont do it again. |
| Haze:
--- Quote from: Tiger-Heli on June 18, 2005, 01:40:40 pm --- --- Quote from: Haze on June 18, 2005, 01:24:32 pm ---MAME is 'open source' (technically not true Open Source, we use our own license) and its staying that way. Any paranoia over Mame going closed source, or linking to closed source libaries is uncalled for. Remember, our focus is on creating a technical documentation project, the source is the most important thing to us, otoh we couldn't care less if nobody ever distributed any binaries. --- End quote --- Thanks Haze, glad you're on here. Okay, so mame won't go closed source, but they could post binaries that only worked with Foley Roms and then only made the compile environment available to the dev team members. . . --- End quote --- Can't see it happening, as I said, we don't really care about the binaries, and it would go against the principals of open source development to post binaries for which the source wasn't available. Foley can't do it either as the license says the source must be available and no linking can be done against closed binaries. Short of Aaron or Nicola giving him pemission to distribute his own version nothing can be done. Will somebody give him permission? Who knows, seems doubtful to me as its quite feasible for him to work with whats already available. Verificaiton screens like the ones shown wouldn't work anyway, we're already fighting a losing batle against people creating Mame with modifications we don't like, and somebody is sure to create one that tells you all the roms are legal, so whats the point? At the end of the day if Foley wants to license and sell roms then nobody is going to stop him, hes perfectly within his rights to do so, and the chance to purchase legal roms is something a fair number of people would like to see, however, if he ends up making people go out of their way to use the roms they've purchased then hes only severely reducing his target audience which isn't a sound business practice. As I said, it seems like paranoia to me, short of Foley employing suicidal business techniques 'iRoms' seems like a good idea, except for the name which is probably going to have Apple knocking at his door quicker than he can say Pacman. |
| IntruderAlert:
One thing I am concerned about is that by looking at several comments by Foley and other Ultracade employees on their forum it appears that they don't actually own the rights to very many roms in the first place. |
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