I just would like to point out that in the event that this CEO guy actually has honorable intentions (as he says in his post), he must still be stopped.

If he gets to own the Trademark for MAME he might not neccessarily start bugging the authors to "stop infringing his trademark", but he would have not only the right, but according to current copyright legislation: THE DUTY to protect his trademark for fear of loosing it. A pretty grim proposition if you ask me.

I am not even going to go into the wrongness of applying for the Trademark to something, that is made by someone else, is still being made, and in addition rip of the logo creator.

I would actually be a little surprised if this is even possible, but then again... You never know. It's been a long time since the laws were designed to protect the weak and needy.

Of course MAME can just go underground (as it has always kind of been) but it shouldn't have to.

This is not about nostalgia or games. This is actually important in the real world.

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