sdlmame-data-roms missing on F17

[Sérgio Basto]

On Dom, 2012-07-15 at 20:23 +0200, Julian Sikorski wrote: 
> W dniu 15.07.2012 16:12, Sérgio Basto pisze:
> > On Dom, 2012-07-15 at 12:24 +0200, Julian Sikorski wrote: 
> >> W dniu 08.07.2012 22:43, Sérgio Basto pisze:
> >>> On Sáb, 2012-07-07 at 08:44 +0200, Julian Sikorski wrote: 
> >>>> W dniu 04.07.2012 19:28, Sérgio Basto pisze:
> >>>>> On Ter, 2012-07-03 at 18:24 +0200, Julian Sikorski wrote:
> >>>>>> To me packaging this file makes about as much sense as packaging big
> >>>>>> buck bunny to test media players. If you would like to have this
> >>>>>> package
> >>>>>> in the repos, feel free to unretire it and take ownership. 
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Some players indeed pack a little sample (Microsoft always pack some
> >>>>> images) but is not same thing, normally we don't have roms in our
> >>>>> computer. 
> >>>>> After think about, I prefer include the sample rom  in sdlmame-data,
> >>>>> will give us much _less_ work. I might join as co-mainteiner of
> >>>>> sdlmame-data
> >>>>>
> >>>>> we can talk about this on IRC #rpmfusion , if you like .
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Thanks, 
> >>>>>
> >>>> I guess this can be done if it is only the robby rom, the other ones
> >>>> available at mamedev.org need to be downloaded from there IIRC.
> >>>>
> >>>> I'll look into it during the next update.
> >>>
> >>> Thanks for attending my request, I send in attached my proposal patch
> >>> for sdlmame-data.spec, which is based on
> >>> rpmfusion/sdlmame-data-roms/F-16/sdlmame-data-roms.spec 
> >>>
> >>> We can get quickly robby rom and sdlmame-data-roms-README.ROMs with:
> >>> yumdownloader --source sdlmame-data-roms --releasever=16
> >>> rpm -ivh sdlmame-data-roms-0120-3.fc11.src.rpm
> >>> mv ~/rpmbuild/SOURCES/sdlmame-data-roms-README.ROMs sdlmame-data/devel
> >>> mv ~/rpmbuild/SOURCES/robby.zip sdlmame-data/devel
> >>>
> >>> Thanks,
> >>>
> >> I looked into it and it seems robby needs to be downloaded from the
> >> mamedev.org website exactly as the others:
> >>
> >> ROMs for Free Download
> >>
> >> Thanks to the generosity of some of the original creators of the classic
> >> games that MAME® can emulate, several games have been released for free,
> >> non-commercial use. It is our hope that in the future, we will be able
> >> to add more games to this list.
> >>
> >> Note: The ROMs on these pages have been approved for free distribution
> >> on this site only. Just because they are available here for download
> >> does not entitle you to put them on your own site, include them with
> >> your own distributions of MAME, or bundle them with your software,
> >> cabinet, or other item. To do that, you must obtain permission from the
> >> original owners.
> > 
> > I think, all rooms except "Robby Roto", based on
> > sdlmame-data-roms-README.ROMs, you may read it on sdlmame-data-roms
> > branch F-16, sdlmame-data-roms/F-16/sdlmame-data-roms-README.ROMs
> > "Due to copyright, we are only able to provide the Robby Roto romset, as
> > it is the only one in the Public Domain.
> > 
> > There are some other romsets available for non-commercial use here:
> > http://www.mamedev.org/roms/
> > 
> > When it comes to others, you need to dump them from your PCBs."
> > 
> > I can guarantee, that rom "Robby Roto" was distributed for several years
> > in rpmfusion and I'm not aware of any problem.
> > 
> > Best,
> > 
> Well, I wrote that file 

I'm only based on that, if you wrote it, you should know better than me.
what can I say ?
I don't understand if was shipped on F16 , Why shouldn't be on F17 ? 
but what you decide is good to me ..., I just tried improve rpmfusion. 

> based on an email sent to Aaron Giles (he was
> MAME maintainer back in 2007). Maybe the copyright was different back
> then, or he was mistaken. Below is what the readme included in robby.zip
> says, it is definitely not public domain.
> 
> From: Jay Fenton <jay at fentonia.com>
> To: gridle at mbnet.fi
> Date: 5.6.1999 2:11
> Subject: Robby Roto ROM released for free non-commercial uses by
> author/owner

"Robby Roto ROM released for free (non-commercial uses)" 


> I used to write games for Bally/Midway in the 1970's and early
> 1980's. One of my less successful titles was Robby Roto.
> My contract with Midway specified that after shipments dropped
> below a certain level, that the rights to this game reverted to me.
> Needless to say, this has happened.
> 
> I notice that Robby Roto is available on a few download sites for
> MAME. I would like the world to know that as the legal owner,
> the ROM images from Robby Roto are hearby declared free for
> unlimited non-commercial duplication and play by MAME users.
> 
> -- Jay Fenton

-- 
Sérgio M. B.