The Advance License

The AdvanceMAME/MESS/PAC projects are released under the GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE (GPL) with this special exception added to every source file :

"In addition, as a special exception, Andrea Mazzoleni
gives permission to link the code of this program with
the MAME library (or with modified versions of MAME that use the
same license as MAME), and distribute linked combinations including
the two. You must obey the GNU General Public License in all
respects for all of the code used other than MAME. If you modify
this file, you may extend this exception to your version of the
file, but you are not obligated to do so. If you do not wish to
do so, delete this exception statement from your version."

This imply that the precompiled binary version of AdvanceMAME/MESS/PAC linked with the MAME sources must also follow the MAME License.

The AdvanceMENU and AdvanceCAB projects are released under the GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE (GPL).

You can found a copy of the GPL LICENSE in the `COPYING' file.

A lot of answered questions regarding the license are in the `faq.txt' file. Please read it.