Bug#270974: ITP: linux-xbox -- Xbox support in Linux
On Thu, Sep 23, 2004 at 08:42:29PM +0200, Moritz Muehlenhoff wrote:
> Daniel Burrows wrote:
> >> > =A0 If I remember correctly, these packages will have to go into non-us,
> >>
> >> Why would them?
> >
> >Don't they violate the DMCA?
>
> No, the X-Box port does not permit the execution of signed and
> copy protected Microsoft binaries. There's a GPLed replacement
> for the X-Box ROM, called Cromwell, which completely bypasses
> the DMCA for running GNU/Linux on the X-Box.
There's a missunderstanding here, and it is worth clarifying since cromwell
is ITPed and in queue/new waiting for approval for ftp-masters.
- The DMCA forbids only "circumvention devices for copyright protection
systems".
- The patches for Linux merely fix Linux to workaround some hardware bugs
and get it to boot. Using a GNU system in the Xbox wouldn't help you run
illegaly copied games any better than running it on any other platform.
(In either case you'd need an Xbox emulator and a copy of the Xbox BIOS.)
- There are many replacements for the Xbox BIOS. Some of them are intended
to bypass the protection system by reimplementing the Xbox BIOS API so that
games can be illegaly used. Cromwell is _NOT_ one of these.
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.
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