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diff --git a/docs/mame.txt b/docs/mame.txt index b675d2145a3..154ebcbc2db 100644 --- a/docs/mame.txt +++ b/docs/mame.txt @@ -1,77 +1,61 @@ -MAME(tm), the Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator -Copyright (c) 1997-2013 by Nicola Salmoria and the MAME team -MAME is a trademark owned by Nicola Salmoria +MAME(r) +Copyright (c) 1997-2016 by MAMEdev and contributors +MAME is a registered trademark of Nicola Salmoria ---------- I. Purpose ---------- -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. +MAME main purpose is to be a reference to the inner workings of the +emulated machines. This is done both for educational purposes and for +preservation purposes, in order to prevent historical software from +disappearing forever once the hardware it runs on stops working. Of +course, in order to preserve the software and demonstrate that the +emulated behavior matches the original, one must also be able to +actually use the software. This is considered a nice side effect, and is +not MAME's primary focus. 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. +available. To operate, the emulator requires images of the original +ROMs, CDs, hard disks or other media from the machines, which must be +provided by the user. No portions of the original game code are included +in the executable. -------- II. Cost -------- -MAME is free. Its source code is free. Selling either is not allowed. +MAME is free. Its source code is free. The project as whole is +distributed under the GNU General Public License, version 2 or later +(GPL-2.0+), but most of code (including core functionality) is also +available under the 3-clause BSD license (BSD-3-clause). ----------------- -III. Image Files ----------------- -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. +------------------------- +III. Software Image Files +------------------------- +ROM, CD, hard disk and other media images are all copyrighted material. +They cannot be distributed without the explicit permission of the +copyright holder(s). They are not "abandonware", nor has any of the +software supported by MAME passed out of copyright. 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. +sell, advertise, or link to resources that provide illegal copies of +ROM, CD, hard disk or other media images. -------------------- IV. Derivative Works -------------------- -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: - -* 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. - -* 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. - -* 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. - -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. +Because the name MAME is trademarked, you must abide by the rules set +out for 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. The version number of any derivative work should reflect the version -number of the MAME release it was derived from. +number of the MAME release from which it was was derived. ------------------------------- |