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MAME To Become GPL?

Posted by timothy on from the would-be-nice dept.

BigJimSlade writes "The 'What's New' file for the latest release of the Multi Arcade Machine Emulator (or MAME, as it is more affectionately known) states that the developers/maintainers are considering re-licensing the not-so-open source code under the GPL/LGPL. Currently the source is under a slightly restrictive licence that prevents modifications to certain areas of code from being redistributed. (L)GPL source for this project would be quite a boon for devlopers, who could reuse the CPU cores and other key components in other OSS projects."

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  1. fuckwit by Goonie · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    The very reason the term "open source" was invented was to avoid the overloaded meanings of "free software" - and dickheads like yourself have again confused the issue.

    As to being a "stupid karma whore cocksucker" I hardly need more karma - I've been at maximum karma since the cap was instituted without any particular effort. With regards to your other claim, my porn collection would tend to indicate otherwise...

    Oh, in case I'm not making myself absolutely clear, go crawl back into your hole, fucknuckle.

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  2. Re:But what about the ROM licenses? by vb.warrior · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Oh yes, fuck-nuts wrote it, check out his disclaimer:

    This code is released under the GPL. I DO NOT WANT BUG REPORTS. If it blows up your computer, I don't care, its your own damn fault.

    Seems the bugs in his software are not due to him being an untalented perl monkey, they are in fact down to the user. Wow now there is the Linux spirit in action!