Le dimanche 19 juin 2011 à 22:40 +0200, Thierry Vignaud a écrit : > On 18 June 2011 20:12, Mageia Team <[email protected]> wrote: > > [This is in an unofficial branch of UAE (the Ubiquitous Amiga Emulator) > > with the aim of bringing the features of WinUAE to non-Windows platforms > > such as Linux, Mac OS X and BeOS.] > > > > obgr_seneca <obgr_seneca> 2.3.2-1.gita2b6937.2.mga2: > > + Revision: 109474 > > - cleaned spec file > > - removed buildroot tag > > - imported package p-uae > > Should this be in core? > In mdv such emulators usually ended in PLF...
Unfortunately, no one ever gave a reason for having them in PLF besides "that's because emulators goes to PLF", despites having zsnes and snes9x in contribs since years. Among the potential reasons would be : - copyright violation due to proprietary rom/bios ( which need to be checked on a case by case basis ) - copyright due to logo/names/brand ( again, that would be a case by case ) - fear of being attacked due to the bleem! story in 1999 ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleem! ). The 3rd option would be perfectly suited given the highly "historical" nature of the reason. Nowadays, the only important story I can find would be this one : http://mashable.com/2011/05/30/emulators-banned-android-market/ , and there isn't much information, besides the supposition this could be a TOS violation. -- Michael Scherer
