In part, it includes code released under the GPL2 license which addresses some of the remaining issues with TIA sound. The Stella author has already looked into incorporating it into the aforementioned emulator.
The code and discussion may be of value to MAME as well.
Unsurprisingly the "problem" is ultimately similar to one we already fixed for the AY-3-891x in MAME: people tying the individual voice output pins together.