Re: [GNU-linux-libre] MAME emulator is giving incentive to use non-free software

[Leo]

On Fri, Apr 1, 2016 at 3:17 PM, Leo <address@hidden> wrote:

That being said, I'm still not sure what to think of MAME, but I personally see it in the same level as WINE.

I would like to correct this statement. I see MAME more along the lines of SCUMMVM. There are some clear examples of free software for Windows that can run on WINE and new software is being developed for Windows all the time (both free and nonfree). SCUMMVM, on the other hand, is for games that are no longer being developed and most of them (with only 2 exceptions, AFAIK) are nonfree. Nobody is going to develop for SCUMMVM, just like nobody will develop for MAME, except maybe only as a programming challenge.