On Sun, Mar 24, 2002 at 12:13:19PM +0100, Alex Wulms wrote: > ] He cannot license the code under GPL without permission from Marat. You > ] cannot give away something you don't own. > That is exactly his point. Yokoi would prefer to make it open source but some > program code writers (like Marat) do not like that. Which indeed means that > it can not be put under open source.
I would like to put all Microsofts code under GPL so that every body can see that their code is (probably, almost certainly) crap as well, but I'm as much entitled to do that as Yokoi can changes Marats original license. > But that is not a problem anymore. Last couple of month, several people have > been working on a brand new MSX emulator, called OpenMSX. This MSX emulator > is opensource. It has been rebuild from scratch, based on some new concepts > regarding communication and synchronisation between the various processors in > the MSX. This new communication and synchronisation model will eventually > lead to a (near) perfect MSX emulation. > > Current plans are that the first developers version will be released around > Tilburg MSX fair. Also note that the current developers all are Linux based ( in fact up until now the entire project is) > We hope that eventually many emulator and other developers will join the > project to make this the best MSX emulator that has ever existed or will ever > exist on the planet. The new project seems to be able to compete (and certainly win) against MSXPlayer. > > Fortunately for us, the US laws are not applicable outside the US. Though, > there are currently big lobby actions ongoing to get the same kind of > legislations approved in for example Europe. Don't know the situation in > Japan. The main drivers behind the lobbying are the same parties. E.g., they > want to try to get the microsoft digital management rights (MDMR) mandated by > law. In the extreme, they want to achieve that all electronic devices sold in > future must contain MDMR system and are not allowed to play/display contents > that is not MDMR protected... Not to mention the 'policeware' they intend to force upon user with the SSSCA Yes that is 3 S's, one more then that other well known two letter S thingy from 40-45. Hip hip hoeray for the US of A. Here is a little quote from userfriendly.org This in from Eric Astor: I would greatly appreciate it if you would post this important piece of news. There is a serious threat to the freedom of Americans to use computers... it is called the SSSCA, a proposed bill backed by the media companies to force all digital devices to have a "security device," or policeware, installed. This would restrict what can and cannot be done with any computer, PDA, etc. Also, this bill would make disabling the policeware component a federal crime, with fines up to $50,000 for a first offense and up to $100,000 for a second offense. This would affect technology everywhere. Even Intel and Microsoft are opposing this bill, along with nearly every other technology company that's ever heard of it. We need more help opposing this bill! There's an online petition in progress at http://www.petitiononline.com/SSSCA/petition.html, and feel free to search any message boards on the Internet for more information. Please, sign petitions, write letters, and do what you can to stop this bill. Thank you. David -- "Never assume malice when results can be explained through incompetence"? -- Napoleon Bonaparte -- In the case of M$, the distinction can be a difficult one to make -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
