> Forget about the MAME license for a minute ... something more disturbing to me is the > fact that you don't appreciate it when people thank you for the work you do. I > understand a thank you isn't income but the very least you can do is be appreciative > when someone says thanks.
hi Jason,
I can understand how you would take exception to my comments. Let me try to clarify. Here is a typical situation:
An excited user comes to my chat room and says "I just spend $2000 on a top of the line multi-arcade game cabinet! I just spent $50 for some fancy frontend with skins. I just dropped another $50 for DVDs from some guy selling Daphne + Dragon's Lair mpegs. Thank you so much for Daphne! YOU'VE MADE MY DREAMS COME TRUE!!! I can finally play Dragon's Lair again!!!!! I've wanted this so much since I was a child!!!"
I know this guy is just a fan and he is excited and he thinks he is making my day by personally thanking me BUT the ultimate message that I hear is:
"The work that the guy put in to bundle Daphne+Dragon'sLairMPEG onto one DVD for me is worth $50. The work that you did to write the emulator in the first place is worth $0."
This kills my motivation to keep working on the project.
> If you feel like you're being taken advantage of, maybe > it's time to stop developing.
I have stopped developing publicly, for several years now. I continue to develop privately.
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