> Both Linux and MAME are Open Source software, they're like 2 brothers.
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MAME is not Open Source at all, no matter which of the available definitions you choose. it is source available and it is distributed with a BSD-like license without commercial use permission: neither of these means Open Source
> Linux is more open than windows, supporting more hardware system (PS3, for example).
and indeed the MAME source from mamedev.org builds out-of-the-box for Linux, PS3 Yellow Dog, FreeBSD, MacOSX, OS2[*] (simply type make and the makefile will identify the correct OS to build). there is a osd/sdl/ directory exactly for that reason.
> It's a better choice of "standard platform" for an educational-purpose, non-profit,
> and portable project as MAME.
except the main developer uses Windows as OS and therefore he has no interest to shift the focus on a different default platform. given that he is always very careful not to break anything on other OSes, I think there would be no real gain in changing default OS...
[*] not 100% sure about OS2 with latest versions, since the guy mainly using it hasn't showed up for a while
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Re: Why not move to Linux as the default platform for MAME?
