Would it violate GBATEMP rules if I published a bleemcast cdi?

[Plazorn]

What the title says, also, does bleemcast count as a game, or an emulator?

 

[zfreeman]

I would say technically an emulator, but there is also a game wrapped inside it.

If the owner is a business that has ceased to operate, but has not sold the copyright, then the shareholders or proprietor has the right to sell or license it (technically the business still owns it).

 

[Sicklyboy]

Yes, that would not be allowed, as Bleemcast was a commercially available product.

Emulator vs game - I never had an opportunity to use it myself, as I understood its functionality I would have classified it as neither but instead as a utility, just like the disk for an Action Replay for example. However, Wikipedia does refer to it as an emulator multiple times so I'd be inclined to lean that way. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleem!

 

[Plazorn]

I personally wouldn’t post it with a game, just the emulators. And a readme that says what you need to use it, as mgs and such can be easily acquired on the internet.

 

[The Catboy]

I personally wouldn’t post it with a game, just the emulators. And a readme that says what you need to use it, as mgs and such can be easily acquired on the internet.

The emulator was a commercial product and technology is still copyrighted. If someone reverse-engineered it and made it open-source, then it should be good to post

 

[Costello]

what about the concept of Abandonware though?
if a product is no longer for sale anywhere it could be useful to store it somewhere for archival purposes...
after that many years who is going to complain about that particular thing being made public?
that's a grey area for sure...

 

[Jayro]

Put it somewhere safe, like archive dot org. but don't link to it.

 

[Costello]

Put it somewhere safe, like archive dot org. but don't link to it.

why would archive.org have the right to host it, and not us, though? what makes them any different?
legit question, have they been designated by governments as the only place where that sort of thing can be archived?

 

[Jayro]

why would archive.org have the right to host it, and not us, though? what makes them any different?
legit question, have they been designated by governments as the only place where that sort of thing can be archived?

That, I don't know. I just like having anything sacred backed up onto their site, especially when it comes to video game preservation.