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Re: dev quote, and response
10/22/10 04:08 PM
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> If it was just about preservation, why do you need MAME at all...?
>
> All you would need is a central online repositry of ROM dumps stored in zip form..and
> someone with a hard physical media backup in the real world.
>

wrong. it's all about describing accurately the hardware to help people fixing their broken pcb. everything else is copyright infringement

> Mame's original intent was to play the games, but in the intervening years, some of
> the devs evolved/hijacked it's intent and came out with this 'preservation' line to
> try and protect themselves from the legal aspects of dumping copyrighted material
> onto the internet..

please, read Nicola Salmoria's thesis.

also, you might notice that most of the mame dev do not dump anything and only write the code to emulate CPUs and other components.


> I'm going to leave now, as i fully expect (the usual hostile response) from some of
> the few Dev's who cant take any form of critiscism...or qustioning their motives.

you're not questioning their motives. you are saying that they are liars and that their motivation is what you think it is and not what they say it is. if this is what you call discussion, then you have bigger problems...






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Subject Posted by Posted on
* dev quote, and response mogli 10/19/10 01:08 AM
. * Re: time to retire this old dev quote by RB? gregf  10/25/10 12:50 AM
. * Re: time to retire this old dev quote by RB? Firehawke  10/25/10 05:17 PM
. * Re: time to retire this old dev quote by RB? R. Belmont  10/25/10 05:39 PM
. * Re: dev quote, and response etabeta  10/19/10 03:56 PM
. * Re: dev quote, and response mogli  10/22/10 10:31 PM
. * Re: dev quote, and response franciscohs  10/19/10 04:06 PM
. * Re: dev quote, and response Fever  10/20/10 10:50 PM
. * Re: dev quote, and response franciscohs  10/21/10 12:38 AM
. * Re: dev quote, and response etabeta  10/21/10 07:38 PM
. * Re: dev quote, and response Ziggy100  10/22/10 03:34 PM
. * Re: dev quote, and response R. Belmont  10/22/10 06:21 PM
. * Re: dev quote, and response StilettoAdministrator  10/23/10 11:31 AM
. * Re: dev quote, and response R. Belmont  10/23/10 05:34 PM
. * Re: dev quote, and response Firehawke  10/23/10 05:59 PM
. * Re: dev quote, and response R. Belmont  10/23/10 06:48 PM
. * Re: dev quote, and response Firehawke  10/23/10 07:18 PM
. * Re: dev quote, and response R. Belmont  10/23/10 08:57 PM
. * Re: dev quote, and response Mamesick  10/23/10 09:27 PM
. * Re: dev quote, and response JimmyU  10/23/10 05:42 PM
. * Re: dev quote, and response Fever  10/23/10 12:06 AM
. * Re: dev quote, and response R. Belmont  10/23/10 12:59 AM
. * Re: dev quote, and response Quantum Leaper  10/23/10 03:11 AM
. * Re: dev quote, and response gregf  10/23/10 08:10 AM
. * Re: dev quote, and response casm  10/23/10 07:10 AM
. * Re: dev quote, and response Firehawke  10/23/10 12:02 PM
. * Re: dev quote, and response etabeta  10/22/10 04:08 PM
. * Re: dev quote, and response stephh  10/19/10 08:10 PM
. * Re: dev quote, and response RdW  10/19/10 03:00 AM
. * Re: dev quote, and response "The Manuel"  10/19/10 03:22 PM
. * Re: dev quote, and response Sune  10/19/10 01:20 AM
. * Re: dev quote, and response Anonymous  10/24/10 12:20 AM
. * Re: dev quote, and response Naoki  10/24/10 02:16 AM

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