On Tue, Nov 12, 2002 at 12:54:45PM -0500, Simon Roby wrote: > > > http://www.mplayerhq.hu > > > > Since mplayer is GPL'd, we can't use this code directly in xmame. > > However, I'd be willing to make it available for download as a patch. > > > > Hmpf. The GNU General Public Licence is such a pain. It's supposed to make > software free (as in free speech), yet it forces so many restrictions > regarding its use in conjunction with other licences that one wonders how > GPL'd software can be actually considered free.
It's main purpose IMHO is to prevent sources to get hidden by commercial compagnies who want to get-rich-quick by using open source but not allowing any feedback/flowback from there code back to the community. In case of open-but-not-free-sources like mame it can be a slight burden Me personal tactic in such case is to ask the author of that piece of code if he is willing to dual license. If he also has the fast memcpy in LGPL then there is no reason why we can not use the code directly. That way that piece of code stay free as in the GPL without need to relicense mame. (Which only Nicolai can ofcourse) David PS: I think mame's license is a pain in the ***. I would prefer it to be GPL'ed with the extra restriction of no roms allowed on same medium and derivates can not carry the 'mame' name. But thats just my personal wish ofcourse. PPS: Nothing is prefenting Nicolai to make the next release of mame a (windows)binary only release/license so I would prefer a GPL'd mame anytimes since it would give us a valid excuse... ahem... source to continue upon if such thing would happen. -- openMSX - the open source MSX emulator that aims for perfection http://openmsx.sf.net/ _______________________________________________ Xmame mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://toybox.twisted.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/xmame
