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| mahuti:
AFAIK the MAME team doesn't take cash, just labor. |
| ahofle:
So what happens to the money if no developer ever takes on the feature request, or it turns out to be impossible to implement, etc? I think most people might be reluctant to donate money to something that might never happen. |
| mahuti:
So pick a project. No one has discussed anything other than donating a led-wiz to HC.... which I'm fine with. |
| Hellfromabove:
I would pay someone to emulate CPS-3, Naomi, and Atomis Wave. I know the deal with CPS-3 but hey, you throw money in someones way and they're all for it. Thanx. -See Ya!!! |
| Howard_Casto:
My 2 cents... there is nothing wrong with commission work, but you have to be careful. In the case of the mame core, it isn't such a good idea. If the developer is responsible and does it the right way then the code will be accepted into the official builds and all is well. However someone who wouldn't normally be intersted in emulation, but IS interested in money might be willing to cludge together some bad or not quite good code into the source just so it technically works and they get their money. I don't see this scenario likely, but you never know. In the case of the mame devs, their policy is similar to mine. They refuse to take donations in exchange for someone telling them what to code directly. What they will accept, however is indirect donations. If you want an unemulated system to be added, the best way you can do it is to donate to the guru the pcb to the game or cash to buy it with. In the case of cps3, unfortunately the only people talented enough to pull it off out-right aren't interested. So personally, I won't accept money, but if you want to help me out in some other way then that is always appreciated. You'll find most programmers in this hobby have a similar mentality. Mame is free as is all the apps out there related to mame, we tend to feel a tad guilty if we take money for doing a small thing, when all we are doing is standing on the shoulders of giants. |
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