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beartro
msx friend
Berichten: 1 |  Geplaatst: 21 November 2005, 08:03 |
Hello.
I'm woring in set-top box platform company.
I've ported MSX emulator from fMSX. And I'll deliver MSX emulator freely in set-top box.
In that case, what is need to avoid legal problem?
And if I need some license, let me know what I do.
Thanks ahead.
ps.
There is no game ROM in this product, just emulator only.
Customer will do download and use the game ROM.
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msd
msx professional
Berichten: 612 | Geplaatst: 21 November 2005, 08:48 |
The MSX bios roms are also copyrighted.
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manuel
msx guru
Berichten: 3450 | Geplaatst: 21 November 2005, 13:11 |
The best thing you can do is contact BAZIX, see their website: www.bazix.nl. They can tell you all details about licensing for non-Japanese people. |
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cax
msx professional
Berichten: 1017 | Geplaatst: 21 November 2005, 13:34 |
As for fMSX itself, contact Marat Fayzullin, the author of fMSX.
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manuel
msx guru
Berichten: 3450 | Geplaatst: 21 November 2005, 16:42 |
You can e.g. also use openMSX under the terms of the GNU General Public License.
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pitpan
msx master
Berichten: 1379 | Geplaatst: 21 November 2005, 20:15 |
Some points: use a free MSX emulator (openMSX perhaps is a good solution; blueMSX also, but maybe it is harder to port), use a free compatible MSX BIOS (C-BIOS) and add only free MSX games in ROM format. Please note that there is a lot of free MSX software that is not intended to be sold. Therefore, if you want to use it to make some profit, you should first contact the authors and grant their permission.
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cax
msx professional
Berichten: 1017 | Geplaatst: 21 November 2005, 21:02 |
beartro said "I've ported MSX emulator from fMSX". So he already did the job.
I am also not sure about licensing of the software in a set-top box.
IIRC it's important whether the emulator in it has so called "added value" etc.
I don't understand anything in laws, but I feel there can be some issues.
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