Re: [ukvac] MAME
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>Biff Boff wrote:
>Many thanks to those of you good enough to respond to my querrie re
>MAME.
>I have placed an order with them for the disks etc, as yet i havnt
>had an e-mail confirmation. I assume, correctly i hope, that they are
>legit. Just wondered if some one could alay my fears and assure me
Who ever you have ordered the disk off is a scam merchant, even if they do
come up with the goods they are ripping people off. To quote from the MAME
terms and conditions
"II. Cost
--------
MAME is free. Its source code is free. Selling either is not allowed.
III. ROM Images
---------------
ROM images are copyrighted material. Most of them cannot be distributed
freely. Distribution of MAME on the same physical medium as illegal
copies
of ROM images is strictly forbidden.
You are not allowed to distribute MAME in any form if you sell,
advertise,
or publicize illegal CD-ROMs or other media containing ROM images. This
restriction applies even if you don't make money, directly or indirectly,
from those activities. You are allowed to make ROMs and MAME available
for
download on the same website, but only if you warn users about the ROMs's
copyright status, and make it clear that users must not download ROMs
unless
they are legally entitled to do so."
There are a number of us on this list who have spent plenty of time working
on mame,
dumping roms and trying our hardest to get games added into mame. I am sure
the others
will agree there is nothing better to get Mame Dev members blood boiling
than people who
sell a program that is free to download and then making profit out of
somebody else`s
blood, swear and tear`s.......
Cheers
Lee
