...the TG MAME sources must be distributed !?!

This is what Nicola wrote to Mark on Nov. 3rd:
The license requires that source code is distributed alongside derivative works. I'm sorry, but no exceptions can be made.

I now read from the MAME license:
IV. Source Code Distribution
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If you distribute the binary, you should also distribute the source code. If you can't do that, you must provide a pointer to a place where the source can be obtained.
This is applied to MAME official releases, since the only point talking about derivative works is VII. And this is:
VII. Derivative Works
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Derivative works are allowed (provided source code is available), but discouraged: MAME is a project continuously evolving, and you should, in your best interest, submit your contributions to the development team, so that they are integrated in the main distribution. There are some trivial modifications to the source code that anybody could do, but go against the spirit of the project. They are NOT considered a derivative work, and distribution of executables with them applied is strictly forbidden. Such changes include, but are not limited to:
- enabling games that are disabled
- changing the ROM verification commands so that they report missing games
- removing the startup information screens
If you make a derivative work, you are not allowed to call it MAME. You must use a different name to make clear that it is a MAME derivative, but it isn't an official distribution from the MAME team. Simply calling it MAME followed or preceded by a punctuation (e.g. MAME+) will not be enough. The name must be clearly distinct, e.g. REMAME. The version number must also match the one of the official MAME you derived your version from. You are not allowed to change the version number or add substeps. In any case, if the official MAME project coordinator asks you to stop distributing a derivative work, you must comply.

Here there's no mention about sources distribution, neither TG MAME could be considered a 'trivial modification'; it is, instead, IMO, a more accurate version thanks to its more realistic 'arcade flavuor' gaming and anti-cheating features.

So far, I believe TG MAME fully complies to the MAME license, and I think it has to be approved for use since the next Tourny.


Cicca

-- Cicca (cicca@writeme.com), November 15, 1999

Answers

As long as there is a tgxmame and a tgmame32,and the source is provided, then its legal to the mame license,then we can use it in next tourney. Words has it that next tourney will use Latest beta available when the tourney starts.

Just my 10 kr lol

regards, Stig Remnes

-- Stig Remnes (sremnes@samsen.com), November 16, 1999.