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While legally combining GPL with BSD and MAME licensed software is unclear, Pete Bernert will probably be OK with anything you do as long as you distribute the source for your AOSDK based creations. ===================================================================================== ZLIB license: /* zlib.h -- interface of the 'zlib' general purpose compression library version 1.2.2, October 3rd, 2004 Copyright (C) 1995-2004 Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler This software is provided 'as-is', without any express or implied warranty. In no event will the authors be held liable for any damages arising from the use of this software. Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose, including commercial applications, and to alter it and redistribute it freely, subject to the following restrictions: 1. The origin of this software must not be misrepresented; you must not claim that you wrote the original software. 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