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MAME Released Under OSI-Compliant, FSF-Approved License (mamedev.org)

Posted by timothy on from the kids-and-mothers-are-for-cereal dept.

New submitter _merlin writes: MAMEdev just announced that MAME (formerly Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator) is now entirely available under OSI-comliant, FSF-approved licenses. The project as a whole is available under the GNU General Public License, version 2 (GPL-2.0), while individual source files are available under BSD-3-Clause, LGPL-2.1 or GPL-2.0 (all compatible with GPL-2.0). Over 90% of the code, including core functionality, is available under the BSD-3-Clause license.

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  1. Re:What was it before? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's currently available UNDER "OSI-comliant, FSF-approved licenses"

    It used to be available OVER "OSI-comliant, FSF-approved licenses"

    I hate having to repeat everything for everyone. Listen the first time.

    And what the fuck does "comliant" mean?

  2. Re:What was it before? by serviscope_minor · · Score: 2, Funny

    And what the fuck does "comliant" mean?

    It means that it comlies with their requirements.

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  3. Re:What was it before? by serviscope_minor · · Score: 3, Funny

    Wow I got moddeded down. Why not comlain to me in erson rather than hide behined mod oints?

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