On 03/31/2016 12:59 AM, J.B. Nicholson wrote: > MAME requires nonfree code (game ROMs) to run the game. As far as I know > all MAME ROMs are nonfree.
As far as I know, all Flash objects are non-libre. Flash objects usually contain ActionScript code, i.e. programs. But this is a rather insubstantial point. As far as I knew last year, all NES code was proprietary, and then I found out that there's a libre homebrew NES game called "Escape from Pong". This is the error in your reasoning: even if it's true that there is no libre software at all available for any of the systems MAME emulates, that doesn't necessarily mean that MAME requires proprietary software to work. From our perspective, that case is no different from if no software at all existed for the systems. That would make MAME useless today, but not unethical. -- Julian Marchant https://onpon4.github.io Protect your privacy with GnuPG: https://emailselfdefense.fsf.org
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