Re: [freesci-develop] Question about the GPL issues?

[Christoph Reichenbach]

Scott,

> If the original fmopl Adlib emulation code released under the GPL by
> Tatsuyuki Satoh was used as a base to the later code by Jarek Burczynski,
> does that not mean that Jarek's code is automatically GPL'd as well?

That would be the case if Tatsuyuki had released it exclusively under
the terms of the GPL. However, he dual-licenced the source code (under
the MAME licence and the GPL), so Jarek is completely in his right to
take the MAME version and modify it exclusively.

-- Christoph