Does anyone know of MAME (or other GPLv2 emulator) being used in a commercial video game re-release? I have a potential commercial PC-98 official-translation-and-modern-port(!!!) project on the hook, but they're not sure if a GPL emulator + ROM violates the “same program” clause.
What "same program" clause? What are you asking? If you can you forgo giving up your source code changes? https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0-faq.en.html … What exactly do you think "commercial" has to do with anything?pic.twitter.com/Jrd14dORPt
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That's just to give context! The "same program" clause is the one that says that any program that uses GPL code as part of it has to be GPL'd as well – and it's somewhat unclear whether a ROM in a GPL emulator falls under that. We can't open-source the ROM, is the issue.
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ROM’s are not part of the source code that generates the binary, even if you were able to decompile the game (Mario64, Sonic Mania) for example, you would still be able to distribute that game under say GPL, but the game assets(music, artwork..) are still protected by copyright.
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