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Started by Rafael, May 14, 2021, 04:03:58 PM

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Rafael

Now you can play our favorites games on the Vault:

https://experienciaodyssey.com.br/vault/

Choose the game and have fun! ;)

hap

It is based on a recent version of MAME. I am one of the programmers (and copyright holders) of the MAME Videopac/Odyssey2 driver. Does the website say anywhere that it's powered by MAME? Does it link to a list of copyright holders and the open source license used? I was unable to find it.

MAME as a whole is GPL2, but a lot of the source code, including all the emulated chips and driver used by Odyssey2, are BSD3. BSD3 is very permissive. For example, it does not require you to release any source code. Nor do we have any say with the included roms (that is an issue between the site and Philips). But it'd still be required to include the license text and copyright holders in the documentation (in this case, somewhere linked on the site).

That being said, the website presentation looks really nice.

Ricardo Silva

Hello, I am the developer of the Odyssey website, I would like to know exactly how you want me to place the credits ... Could you help?
Play through the Odyssey Vault
https://www.experienciaodyssey.com.br/vault

hap

Hi! Sure I can.

I'm not going to be nasty and ask you to list every individual copyright holder.
Simply a small text on your Vault page saying something like:

Powered by MAME (License)

"MAME" could be a hyperlink to https://www.mamedev.org/
"License" could be a hyperlink to a simple txt file on your own site saying for example:

Quote
Presented by Ricardo Silva, using MAME's BSD-3 source code

MAME Copyright (C) 1997-2021 MAMEDev and contributors

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.

2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.

3. Neither the name of the copyright holder nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission.

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

Ricardo Silva

Thank you very much for the answer ... I made the change ... Please see if you were pleased:
https://experienciaodyssey.com.br/vault/
Play through the Odyssey Vault
https://www.experienciaodyssey.com.br/vault

hap

Thanks!

small feedback:
- "Powered by" can be in Brazilian, you can word it any way you like.
- it says "MAME MAME" in the license text

Ricardo Silva

Thank you very much for your help ... Anything you want or need, just ask ... Thank you ...
Play through the Odyssey Vault
https://www.experienciaodyssey.com.br/vault

Rafael

Quote from: hap on May 16, 2021, 01:24:03 PM
It is based on a recent version of MAME. I am one of the programmers (and copyright holders) of the MAME Videopac/Odyssey2 driver. Does the website say anywhere that it's powered by MAME? Does it link to a list of copyright holders and the open source license used? I was unable to find it.

MAME as a whole is GPL2, but a lot of the source code, including all the emulated chips and driver used by Odyssey2, are BSD3. BSD3 is very permissive. For example, it does not require you to release any source code. Nor do we have any say with the included roms (that is an issue between the site and Philips). But it'd still be required to include the license text and copyright holders in the documentation (in this case, somewhere linked on the site).

That being said, the website presentation looks really nice.

In time, thank you very much for taking the time to do this and congratulations.
I have both used mulattoes for my work, it helps a lot.


Sorex

Good and good looking site.

The only thing that I dislike is the spanish or portugese cover titles.

It makes it really hard to find videos of the games if it ain't clear what you're supposed to do.

Ricardo Silva

#9
We're glad you liked it...Yes, we fully understand the need to create alternatives so that everyone can play, in several languages...However, the work is hard...To do something with quality and with few people working It's very difficult to get where we want. For example, we made some free games for everyone to play and there are already people selling them on a mutlcart with more than 300 games... We had to stop and start encrypting roms to avoid this...We already have some new games to upload...We are creating a multiplayer version, I myself have had the pleasure of playing with a friend in the USA...Anyway, little by little we will get there. And once again, we would like to thank everyone who has collaborated with the project...There is a search tool that needs to be improved. But, it is possible to find games by title in English, writing Timelord, for example.
Play through the Odyssey Vault
https://www.experienciaodyssey.com.br/vault

Sorex

do you mean that search box above the covers?

add an English translation to alt parameter of the img tag and the search will work fine

alt='Futebol Americano (football) - American Football'

Ricardo Silva

Thanks for the tip... I hope that little by little we can make navigation easier for everyone.
Play through the Odyssey Vault
https://www.experienciaodyssey.com.br/vault