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Matt Ownby
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good point, I've revised my plan :)
11/03/13 08:44 AM


Good point here.

And when it comes right down to it, I don't _want_ to close source anything. I want my stuff to be mirrored everywhere so that if I died tomorrow, my work would not die with me and others would pick up where I've left off.

So with that in mind, I've whipped up another blog post. Kind feedback appreciated

See blog post here

> I can see your point.
>
> Having "hacked together" multi-instance link-play (in MAME) for my wingwar cabinet, I
> got to some point where it fits _MY_ needs (my wingwar is fully functional now). I
> get asked by several people if I could also take a look at game X or game Y.
>
> Basically the same goes for Soft-15kHz - at first it was a pure "proof-of-concept".
> Then I got ambitious, and adapted more and more drivers and video cards (currently
> have over 200 different VGA cards in a huge box...). At some point, I lost that
> driving interest in the project, as it simply "works for me".
> (guess I should release the sources to the public anyway ^^)
>
> I don't know if being paid for it would do the trick though.
> (One can still send donations for Soft-15kHz)
>
> ---
>
> On the other hand, that's where the community comes into play.
> Most likely there are other developers in the community who would love to do a
> GUI/Frontend/whatever to make it fit their needs.
> Closing the source won't do the trick here.







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Subject Posted by Posted on
* My take on the MAME licensing controversy (from Daphne author) Matt Ownby 10/30/13 08:24 PM
. * Re: My take on the MAME licensing controversy (from Daphne author) rockford  10/31/13 10:01 PM
. * Off topic sorry. I have Dragon's Lair for my PSP 3000. Dullaron  10/31/13 10:01 PM
. * Re: My take on the MAME licensing controversy (from Daphne author) SailorSat  10/31/13 09:24 AM
. * good point, I've revised my plan :) Matt Ownby  11/03/13 08:44 AM
. * Re: My take on the MAME licensing controversy (from Daphne author) R. Belmont  10/30/13 09:02 PM
. * Re: My take on the MAME licensing controversy (from Daphne author) Matt Ownby  10/30/13 09:25 PM
. * Re: My take on the MAME licensing controversy (from Daphne author) Jason  10/30/13 09:00 PM
. * Re: My take on the MAME licensing controversy (from Daphne author) Matt Ownby  10/30/13 09:23 PM
. * Re: My take on the MAME licensing controversy (from Daphne author) Rygar9  11/01/13 12:09 AM
. * Re: My take on the MAME licensing controversy (from Daphne author) HowardC  10/31/13 08:32 PM
. * Re: My take on the MAME licensing controversy (from Daphne author) Matt Ownby  10/31/13 09:44 PM
. * Re: My take on the MAME licensing controversy (from Daphne author) WarrenO  10/31/13 10:02 PM
. * Re: My take on the MAME licensing controversy (from Daphne author) Matt Ownby  10/31/13 10:40 PM
. * Ehhh, Howie's a nice guy.... Traso  11/01/13 12:24 AM
. * Re: Ehhh, Howie's a nice guy.... Anonymous  11/03/13 02:31 PM
. * Re: Ehhh, Howie's a nice guy.... RATMNL  11/04/13 12:05 PM
. * Re: Ehhh, Howie's a nice guy.... Anonymous  11/04/13 12:23 PM
. * Re: Ehhh, Howie's a nice guy.... Jason  11/01/13 02:06 AM
. * Re: My take on the MAME licensing controversy (from Daphne author) vitaflo  10/31/13 02:47 AM
. * Re: My take on the MAME licensing controversy (from Daphne author) Antny  10/31/13 12:31 AM
. * Re: My take on the MAME licensing controversy (from Daphne author) Matt Ownby  10/31/13 01:42 AM
. * Re: My take on the MAME licensing controversy (from Daphne author) RW-Column  11/10/13 09:35 PM
. * Re: My take on the MAME licensing controversy (from Daphne author) Matt Ownby  11/14/13 08:26 PM
. * Re: My take on the MAME licensing controversy (from Daphne author) RW-Column  11/19/13 12:48 AM
. * Re: My take on the MAME licensing controversy (from Daphne author) Matty_  11/19/13 01:31 AM
. * Re: My take on the MAME licensing controversy (from Daphne author) RW-Column  11/20/13 03:08 AM
. * Re: My take on the MAME licensing controversy (from Daphne author) casm  11/19/13 08:38 PM
. * Re: My take on the MAME licensing controversy (from Daphne author) casm  11/11/13 06:21 AM

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