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On Fri, 2004-06-11 at 08:32, Edgar Hucek wrote: |
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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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Having documentation on how to bypass the security measures of the Xbox |
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violates the DMCA. The xbox-linux guys are simply ignoring this and |
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doing "business as usual" by providing this information. I have no |
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problems with it myself, just that technically it *is* illegal. You |
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have to just love laws that are complete garbage. |
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Chris Gianelloni |
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Release Engineering QA Manager/Games Developer |
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Gentoo Linux |
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Is your power animal a penguin? |
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