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Am Freitag, 11. Juni 2004 14:32 schrieb Chris Gianelloni: |
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> On Thu, 2004-06-10 at 17:44, Chris Bainbridge wrote: |
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> > I do not understand this concern regarding the legality of the xbox |
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> > gentoo effort. Can you state specifically what your concerns are, and |
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> > which laws you think are being broken? |
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> Disseminating *any* means of bypassing the "copy protection" or the |
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> security features of the Xbox are illegal in the United States thanks to |
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> the DCMA. As an American citizen you definitely won't see me signing |
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> off on *any* official Xbox release, as there is the possibility that *I* |
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> may be held liable. |
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I must really missunderstanding something. |
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1.) The linux kernel does not support playing native Xbox games. |
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2.) Using the xbox-linux bios (cromwell ) makes the Xbox only usable |
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for linux. |
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3.) Profiding an xbe ( this is the xbox ececutalble format ), does also |
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not bypassing the copyrightprotection. The xbe is only used for booting |
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linux. |
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> > btw, IBM *may* have added some derivative code to the linux kernel. Using |
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> > your argument, should we remove the kernel sources pending outcome of the |
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> > court case? |
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> Allegations of wrongdoing are one thing. Blatantly breaking a low, even |
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> an unjustified and stupid law, is still highly illegal. |
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