Re: Bug#270974: ITP: linux-xbox -- Xbox support in Linux
On Fri, Sep 24, 2004 at 11:54:46AM -0400, Daniel Burrows wrote:
> On Friday 24 September 2004 11:29 am, Robert Millan wrote:
> > Cromwell is a replacement for the Xbox BIOS. It is dessigned with the
> > sole purpose of booting Linux and uncapable of doing anything else. In
> > particular, it has no clue about running XBE executables in which Xbox
> > games are shipped, and it doesn't implement any part of the Xbox BIOS
> > API, which games use.
>
> My understanding, though, is that it doesn't matter WHY you're circumventing
> the controls that stop you from booting anything else on the XBox; just that
> you are circumventing them. An unlicensed DVD player without a "rip" or
> "copy" option is still illegal here because it has to bypass the
> market-protection mechanisms of the MPAA, even though it can't actually be
> used for copyright infringement.
Is it still illegal if it can't play dvds ? Xbox linux can't play xbox
games, even legal ones, afaik
Frank
>
> Daniel
>
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