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author balr0g <balrog032@gmail.com>2015-05-25 09:46:31 -0400
committer balr0g <balrog032@gmail.com>2015-05-25 09:47:10 -0400
commit7006c39be45433b7d894af237443d2e7676def77 (patch)
treee6b566ba51204e98955c73be1c35c3b329d9ad62 /docs
parent3aa2a33edd97fd7d56c03711df41dd5ff53fd6c9 (diff)
Properly, legally handle license stuff as we are still contacting people (nw)
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-rw-r--r--docs/mamelicense.txt38
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diff --git a/docs/licenseinfo.txt b/docs/licenseinfo.txt
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+BSD-3-Clause: http://spdx.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause
+GPL-2.0+: http://spdx.org/licenses/GPL-2.0+
+LGPL-2.1+: http://spdx.org/licenses/LGPL-2.1+
+MAME: see docs/license.txt
diff --git a/docs/mamelicense.txt b/docs/mamelicense.txt
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+Most code in MAME is released under the following license, known as the
+MAME License.
+Some code in MAME is under a more permissive license, or dual-licensed.
+This is noted in per-file headers which specify the alternate license.
+The text of the MAME License follows.
+
+Copyright Nicola Salmoria and the MAME team
+All rights reserved.
+
+Redistribution and use of this code or any derivative works are permitted
+provided that the following conditions are met:
+
+* Redistributions may not be sold, nor may they be used in a commercial
+product or activity.
+
+* Redistributions that are modified from the original source must include the
+complete source code, including the source code for all components used by a
+binary built from the modified sources. However, as a special exception, the
+source code distributed need not include anything that is normally distributed
+(in either source or binary form) with the major components (compiler, kernel,
+and so on) of the operating system on which the executable runs, unless that
+component itself accompanies the executable.
+
+* Redistributions must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of
+conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other
+materials provided with the distribution.
+
+THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"
+AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
+IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
+ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE
+LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR
+CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF
+SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS
+INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
+CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE)
+ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
+POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.