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diff --git a/src/osd/winui/help/docs/Mame Statement of Purpose.htm b/src/osd/winui/help/docs/Mame Statement of Purpose.htm new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..95312c7012b --- /dev/null +++ b/src/osd/winui/help/docs/Mame Statement of Purpose.htm @@ -0,0 +1,79 @@ +<body background="../images/bkground.gif"> + +<div id="outer"> + <div id="center"> + <div class="content"> + <b> + <font face="Arial">MAME, the Multiple Arcade Machine + Emulator<br> + Copyright © 1997-2010 by Nicola Salmoria and the MAME team </font> + </b> + <h2><font face="Arial" size="3">I. Purpose</font></h2> + <p><font face="Arial" size="2">MAME is strictly a non-profit + project. Its main purpose is to be a reference to the inner workings + of the emulated arcade machines. This is done both for educational + purposes and for preservation purposes, in order to prevent many + historical games from disappearing forever once the hardware they + run on stops working. Of course, in order to preserve the games and + demonstrate that the emulated behavior matches the original, you + must also be able to actually play the games. This is considered a + nice side effect, and is not MAME's primary focus. </font></p> + <p><font face="Arial" size="2">It is not our intention to infringe + on any copyrights or patents on the original games. All of MAME's + source code is either our own or freely available. To operate, the + emulator requires images of the original ROMs, CDs, or hard disks + from the arcade machines, which must be provided by the user. No + portions of the original game code are included in the executable. + </font></p> + <h2><font face="Arial" size="3">II. Cost</font></h2> + <p><font face="Arial" size="2">MAME is free. Its source code is + free. Selling either is not allowed. </font></p> + <h2><font face="Arial" size="3">III. Image Files</font></h2> + <p><font face="Arial" size="2">ROM, CD, and hard disk images are all + copyrighted material. They cannot be distributed without the + explicit permission of the copyright owner. They are not "abandonware", + nor have any of the games supported by MAME passed out of copyright. + </font></p> + <p><font face="Arial" size="2">MAME is not intended to be used as a + tool for mass copyright infringement. Therefore, it is strongly + against the authors' wishes to sell, advertise, or link to resources + that provide illegal copies of ROM, CD, or hard disk images. </font> + </p> + <h2><font face="Arial" size="3">IV. Derivative Works</font></h2> + <p><font face="Arial" size="2">Derivative works are allowed under + the MAME license. However, you are discouraged from providing + specific functionality that goes against the philosophy of the MAME + team. Specifically: </font></p> + <ul> + <li><font face="Arial" size="2">Do not add games which are more + recent than 3 years old, or which are still being sold new by + the company that produced them. MAME is not intended to be a + platform that competes with arcade games that are still being + actively sold. </font></li> + <li><font face="Arial" size="2">Do not provide a means of + generating a list of games that specifically identifies those + games for which the user does not have image files. This only + encourages users to seek out sources for illegal ROM, CD, and + hard disk images in order to "complete" their collection. </font> + </li> + <li><font face="Arial" size="2">Do not remove the startup screen + that contains information about why certain non-working games + don't work. This only serves to generate a bunch of useless + email traffic to the developers asking why the games don't work. + </font></li> + </ul> + <p><font face="Arial" size="2">Because the name MAME is trademarked, + you must abide by the rules of the trademark usage if you wish to + use "MAME" as part of the name your derivative work. In general, + this means you must request permission, which requires that you + follow the guidelines above. </font></p> + <p><font face="Arial" size="2">The version number of any derivative + work should reflect the version number of the MAME release it was + derived from. </font></p> + <h2><font face="Arial" size="3">V. Official Contact Information</font></h2> + <p><font face="Arial" size="2">For questions regarding the MAME + license, trademark, or other usage, go to + <a href="http://www.mamedev.com/contact.html?legal"> + http://www.mamedev.com/</a>.</font></div> + </div> +</div> |