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Vanguard:

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--- Quote from: CheffoJeffo on May 03, 2010, 12:50:59 pm ---While many/most folks may think that this place is about MAME and that is all that folks here are concerned about, that isn't necessarily so.

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Cheffo's right :)

http://arcadecontrols.com/BYOAC-and-MAME.shtml


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I hear this website is also a photo repository for people with ball dancing ankle injuries (although claims are made about them being jujitsu injuries).  :)

CheffoJeffo:

--- Quote from: Vanguard on May 03, 2010, 12:57:53 pm ---I don't know the D2k story.   How is my belief that people shouldn't charge for work that builds on someones free work justifying the stealing of D2k's work?

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D2K builds on work that people already weren't paying for, so people chose to not pay for D2K and then pirated it. It remains to be seen if Jeff will bother to do anything similar for the coinop community going forward.

I think that you were making the point that that type of thing would happen, although I don't think you were condoning it.

CheffoJeffo:

--- Quote from: saint on May 03, 2010, 01:23:17 pm ---
--- Quote from: CheffoJeffo on May 03, 2010, 01:21:00 pm ---
--- Quote from: saint on May 03, 2010, 01:18:06 pm ---Cheffo's right :)

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If ever any quote screamed to be my custom title, that would be it !

 :afro:

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I just know this is going to cause me trouble down the line...

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Screenshot taken so I can use it as my new avatar when you come to your senses!

Beretta:

--- Quote from: Vanguard on May 03, 2010, 01:14:17 pm ---The MAME devs have considered making MAME closed before.   The main reason I was given that they didn't is because they need a large community for development and testing.   They felt they would not be able to attract the interest without it being open and free. 
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they are right no one is going ot contribute to a project that making money without being paid..
further more it gets hard for someone to step in and help if they dont have a source to work off of.

if they started charging but left the source open so people (fools) could contribute then someone would just download the source and compile their own, or someone would just download the "mame" cracked edition or something.

i'd imagine if something like this ever happen someone would fork the project and the new "free" mame project would probably attract enough attention/people to supersede the now closed "official" mame.

thats whats happen in the past to project that close up shop and go commercial.

CheffoJeffo:
FWIW and somewhat on topic, although derailed from LEDblinky, I have in the past volunteered to make a $5 donation to the MAMEDevs for every 48-in-1 or 60-in-1 board I buy. So, I am definitely not against compensating them, although I think it would be problematic.

If, however, they would like to see that money donated elsewhere (ROM dumping, artwork, BYOAC, whatever), that could be an option for folks who would like to see them compensated.

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