RE: OT: mass installation on XBox
-----Original Message-----
From: Jamin W.Collins [mailto:jcollins@asgardsrealm.net]
Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 1:32 PM
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: OT: mass installation on XBox
On 03 Oct 2002 09:58:59 -0500 Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
> On Thu, 2002-10-03 at 07:13, Colin Watson wrote:
> > Ever heard of the term "circumvention", as applied to copy-prevention
> > techniques? See the URL you quoted, chapter III, article 6.
>
> So as long as he's not playing pirated games, he should be legal.>
>Not quite. As I understand it, the XBox has hardware to restrict the
>execution of code to that signed and authorized by MS. For the XBox to
>run Linux, one would first have to circumvent this mechanism. Based on a
>cursory look at the provided link and referenced section it would seem
>that the application of a mod chip would be a violation. Again, IANAL.
Just Another Friggin reason why they suck thouroughly to the frikin tenth
power...
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>Jamin W. Collins
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