You know guys, Cyrus makes a perfectly legitimate and reasonable post on the matter.
It is 100% true that the original dev's have put more effort than someone who ports it.
Like, huge leaps and spans of effort, in comparison to porting. Hundreds of times over more effort than porting.
Im not saying its wrong to donate to xport ..the guy *has* put alot of work into what he has done, regardless of whether its a port or not.
To bring up a finer point, the ideal target is his effort and time given, not neccesarily the program.
If joe bobby spent 2 weeks writing a 2d demo xbe that says hello world, i would still give him props.
I just dont think its neccesary to flame him for having that opinion. Now dont jump on my back about the whole N64 thing, because that was a much more complex scenario. I have always agreed with him that the original dev's deserve more than someone who ports it. The original issue was just legality and fine points on the matter.
XPort wouldnt accept payment for creating a port off others hardwork (code), and i respect him alot for that. Its just all how you look at it. But, atleast i would have to disagree with you on one point cyrus, it is not just a breeze to port things over. Its not a few hour process. Complex things like psx and N64 emulators can take weeks of devoted work to get basic functionality. I understand this is nothing compared to how long it took to write the initial program, but thats not really the issue at hand.
Big thanks to xport for giving once more to this scene, no matter how underground it may be.
