Should SNES9x change its license to GPL? NOT HAPPENING :(

squall_leonhart69r · Post by **squall_leonhart69r** » Fri Aug 26, 2011 12:41 am

http://code.google.com/p/snes9x-ps3/issues/detail?id=42

SparroHawc · Post by **SparroHawc** » Fri Aug 26, 2011 3:39 pm

I saw that! Props to Dan for showing willing.

adventure_of_link · Post by **adventure_of_link** » Fri Aug 26, 2011 8:04 pm

hey Squall

next time you talk to Dan, tell him I said it's no big deal @ coming over to get the port officialized. I understand he's busy and all, and we're not gonna go away anytime soon

and tell him I said congrats on fixing the licensing issues

squall_leonhart69r · Post by **squall_leonhart69r** » Sat Aug 27, 2011 1:00 am

you lazy bones, you do it!

adventure_of_link · Post by **adventure_of_link** » Sun Aug 28, 2011 9:32 pm

Wait

hey Squall

this squarepusher that you're getting a hold of right now

is this the same squarepusher that's going that whole Snes9X slim thing...

Tantric · Post by **Tantric** » Mon Aug 29, 2011 5:39 pm

SparroHawc wrote:At least SNES9x-rr states right on the front page that SNES9x itself has a different license. I think the license listing on the left pane of Google Code's page is listed as GPL primarily out of ignorance. The authors are likely intending to release -their- contributions as GPL or LGPL... but by including SNES9x's source code, yeah, they're failing on the legal grounds.

Actually, the problem was that up until only a year ago Google Code didn't let you pick "Other License" as an option

SparroHawc · Post by **SparroHawc** » Mon Aug 29, 2011 6:30 pm

Ah. Joy. So any emulator older than the addition is likely to be listed as GPL.

ixfd64 · Post by **ixfd64** » Tue Dec 13, 2011 4:55 am

I know this is kind of an old post, but how hard would it be to rewrite the non-GPL code?

SparroHawc · Post by **SparroHawc** » Wed Dec 21, 2011 8:55 pm

Most of SNES9x is non-GPL. Once you're looking at that, you may as well just make a completely separate emulator.

Snes9x.com

Should SNES9x change its license to GPL? NOT HAPPENING :(

Do you feel SNES9x should move to GPL instead of its current license?