> > > 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.
I would think it's that Mamedev need to test all submissions before adding them to the official source code.
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