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Chris Bainbridge (C.J.Bainbridge@×××××.uk) scribbled: |
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> On Monday 14 June 2004 22:44, Kumba wrote: |
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> > Perhaps opne should email Microsoft, and see if you |
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> > get any kind of reply regarding the matter. ?That's one way to find out. |
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> I once tried this.. I asked them if it was legal to run Windows on a chipped |
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> xbox, figuring that if they said yes, then it would be legal to run linux as |
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> well. The question was escalated to MS UK head office, then I got this |
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> (brief, uninformative) reply from one of their legal people: |
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> "Microsoft? cannot recommend this kind of activity with X-Box." |
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dev's, |
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I've been following this thread for a few days now and would like to |
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offer a suggestion. |
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This is a legal matter, so why not defer to someone who is a lawyer? |
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Would there be any objection to contacting the EFF and asking them |
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for their take on it? |
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After all, should Gentoo choose to include xbox in it's main tree, and |
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suffered legal attacks because of it, we would be contacting the EFF |
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for help anyway. |
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Just my $0.02 |
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Cooper. |
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