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RayB:

Another caveat: Just because you can buy a collection of games does not mean you get the legal right to re-sell it; Though you could just give them away for free with purchase.

(Tried contacting the rights owners to secure licenses?)


Paul Olson:


--- Quote from: Blanka on February 24, 2009, 06:06:33 pm ---Yeah, Mame has a stinking license. It's some weird self-made crappy legal document. Not GNU, Apache, Mozilla or something general.
Don't know how some of the multi-pack makers did it, but they used mame-code as well.
Let's hope Nicola Salmoria will see the light sometime and publish the stuff GNU or so.

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I don't know how that would be seeing the light from his perspective. His license is intended to keep people from doing things with his software that he doesn't want them to do. I can't see how one of the other licenses would make that better. I know a lot of people here want to make money off MAME, but wanting it doesn't make it an entitlement. MAME is free to use, and you are allowed to customize it however you want, as long as you don't release any changes that are against the license. That seems like a pretty generous license to me.

Turnarcades:


--- Quote ---You may not be ready to start selling cabs with games if you do not know what collections of games are available for your cabs.
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Ditto. If you're one of the many people who've contacted me by e-mail asking for business tips, don't say you weren't told. More power to anyone who creates a small business out of this hobby (see guys like st, andy, randy, haruman, divemaster, lizardlick, everyone who I can't think of at the moment and myself) but most will tell you that having the patience to read up and use your own head will get you the answers you want. Most of these guys will have done a lot of ground work before asking questions like a novice expecting a quick return.

When it comes to building cabs, there's a lot more to it than throwing together some nicked plans and justifying the price with MAME software to get a massive profit and quick sale. Guys like that appear on craigslist every day and regularly get booted by right-minded members here. I can only speak for myself of course when I say you primarily need to be a hobbyist before you consider a business venture in this area. I imagine most of the guys mentioned would say the same, and the fact you are unaware as to MAME's legal status suggests you are far from being clued up enough for this hobby, let alone a business.

Of course I withdraw this statement and apologise if you are a genuine hobbyist and have more knowledge and self-motivation than it appears in writing so far.  :)

BeachRunnerJoe:


--- Quote ---Of course I withdraw this statement and apologise if you are a genuine hobbyist and have more knowledge and self-motivation than it appears in writing so far.
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 ;)

Truth be told, I've been a member on this forum for almost five years now and just started under a different username because I was having issues with my old user account that weren't being resolved by the moderators.  While I've been a hobbyist for almost five years, this is the first time I've considered starting a side business making and selling cabs.  But I agree, diligence is a definite must have in this venture and while I've been doing my own research on this matter, it doesn't hurt to ask for wisdom from those who know more than I do.  If it did, there would be no good reason for this forum to exist.

Thanks for yours and everyones help on this, god bless the interweb!

CathalDublin:

are the multigame boards site sells copyright violations - removed by saint sell legal? if so use them

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