HBMAME is copyright by Robbbert and contributors, 2014-2026.

It is a derivative of MAME(tm), of which the various conditions and copyrights can be found below.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2, as provided in docs/legal/GPL-2.0.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.

The license requires that the source code of the release binary be available for at least 3 years. The source consists of 2 parts:

a. The original MAME(tm) source, available at https://www.mamedev.org/release.html (if current), or https://www.mamedev.org/oldrel.html (for older versions), and

b. The extra source to be applied over the top of the MAME(tm) source, and from November 2022 the current code can be found at the Github respository at https://github.com/Robbbert/hbmame. Earlier versions are available at https://www.progettosnaps.net/hbmame

Currently, there's also a live github repository located at https://github.com/Robbbert/hbmame . You can pull this source anytime to make your own build, however these are works in progress and might not function as expected. The continued existence of this repository is not guaranteed.

The winui code has an addendum, please read winui_license.txt

Last update: 2026-01-05

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