> > > Management of zipped sets is up to individual users and archivers. MAMEDev only
> > needs
> > > your new, unique ROMs
> >
> > wrong.
> >
> > obviously including old dumps with your new dumps is bad, but it makes our work
> > adding a set to a driver far far easier if we get details of exactly what was
> dumped,
> > not just what is new \ unique. The number of times I've wanted to scream at
> somebody
> > for only listing what MAME didn't recognize, and leaving me not knowing which other
> > roms were on that PCB is far too high.
> >
> > 'As is' (with correct names from the PCB) happens to be far better than tampered
> > with.
>
> Why does mamedev need copies of the ROMs at all? Isn't that just encouraging
> violation of copyright? Isn't it enough for someone to submit a source patch to
> support the new ROM set? Requesting that people submit copies of all ROMs they dump
> before new games can be accepted into MAME strikes me as more than a bit
> hypocritical.
verification. if we just allowed people to add sets, and send the code then we'd have no idea if the code was correct, if the sets were real, or bad, or if the details were completely made up. *Somebody* needs to be able to verify that the submission is correct, and suitable for support in MAME. You won't however find mamedev distributing roms.
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