Well Nicola responded to my message:
Mark Longridge wrote:
> The problem is if I release the source code for this version of
MAME, as
> per your instructions, cheating will again become trivially simple,
and if
> we award prizes (e.g. cash, certificates) then it is possible that
the
> winner is in fact a cheat.
Cheaters will cheat anyway, the only thing you can do is try to make
it
harder - and getting a false sense of security.
The license requires that source code is distributed alongside
derivative
works. I'm sorry, but no exceptions can be made.
Nicola Salmoria
MC6489@mclink.it
(posted 9538 days ago)