[WIP] news about Psx-P

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Originally Posted by Darksaviour69

that is not correct, technically we only have to offer give the sources, via any means we want ( http download, ftp download, email, snail mail! If you want to get technical about it.

not as far as i know. the original author has that right, but if you want to redistribute their work, you have to make the source availible in the same was as the binary (although I could be wrong about that).

Well from what bluecrab posted, i think thats the deal (what i said)

i think the most logical step is to contact the authers and ask them to offer the source for release, i going to start doing that
i don't even have a bloody psp, grumble grumble

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Originally Posted by $n!pR

PMF's source has been released now so its not really violating GPL.

False. Sources are leak and not released by pacmanfan. More interessing, I don't know if you are able to compile this source but it doesn't works. This sources are Ã* wonderful bazaar.

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Originally Posted by Exophase

Did those emulators simply have no source packaged, or no copying/contact information for getting it either?

If the former is true then I think that is a failing on DCEmu's part, not the original author's.

If the latter is true.. for half of all PSP emulators.. that's just a disgrace. You would think most people who ported things were familiar enough with the GPL to get it right. However I know Zx-81 complies with the GPL okay, and he alone is responsible for a ton of PSP emulators. Does that mean almost everyone else doesn't?

About PMF's build, it should just be removed as well; even if there's source somewhere I have no idea where and the zip doesn't say (it contains no documentation whatsoever, just like PSX-P). No one cares about it anyway, and the website doesn't even have it up for download.

I agree though, how can you argue that these other emulators are at fault when you don't do anything to try to correct yours? Most of those emulators haven't been nearly as hyped as PSX-P (in fact, I'm certain none of them have been or they would have received the same negative attention) and haven't gotten the kind of initial feedback either, so they managed to slip through the cracks. In this case people affiliated with the original code, including actual authors, spoke up asking for the source and you still ignored them.

But I imagine that the source for the released beta doesn't even exist intact anymore. So it should just be pulled down everywhere and you should get over it. It's not like anyone's seriously using it anyway. If you were serious about this you'd nag Yoshihiro to release a version NOW with the source, and request that the previous one be taken down.

I'am not Yoshihiro but only the Webmaster of the official site of Psx-P. I have done a mistake when I release the Psx-P beta 1 (in fact an alpha) without sources but at this moment, I don't think ut is a problem. I just think that like the PACMANFAN release, or a lot of emu on PSP, sources can comes later with a final release.

The problem come from dcemu and Wraggster exactly. The original programmers never contact me and it is easy to do. Yoshihiro let a message in PCsx forum and the answer of creators is not like Wraggster write. (read my original message). More it goes, more I think Wraggster do this for make a good advertising to Ps1P. If not, why he doesn't publish WIP of Psx-p like he propose to do ?

So, actually no Psx-P release will be released from us (pspgen.com) until final one. This final one come out with sources. If Yoshihiro want to released another beta version without sources, I don't host it on pspgen.com.

Sources were not leaked as he hosted them on his own site. Plus if PCSX team wanted to they could easily get them from PMF, were as Yoshi seems reluctant until he's completely finished his. Frankly, the way Yoshi goes about hyping up releases has put him in the position he is today, and if he had gone about things like other coders he probably wouldn't have the bad rep he has today.