> Don't get me wrong, the current MAME license is a bad idea for all the reasons you > point out but changing it at this point is going to either be extremely messy and > likely incomplete or just gloss over stuff in the hopes no one complains.
My point is that it's *not* changing, we're just adding tags to source files to better document the origin and potential for non-MAME use of the files. This doesn't help people wanting to use the project as a whole, but it does start to crack the door open a little bit towards MAME being less arrogant and more of a true open source project.