Caustik, are you afraid of Microsoft?

[Brick_top]

Caustik. Do you have the feeling that sometime during the development of the emu Microsoft will find a way to stop you from doing it? I don't know much about this but are you sure that what you're doing is completely legal?

This might be a stupid question. you have probably thought much more about it than me. but don't you get the feeling that Microsoft can stop you whenever they want?

[wolfmaster]

yeh i wondering about that my self

[duke]

lolz he shouldn't have anything to worry about .. to be honest i dont see how reverse engineering could ever be illegal, or why microsoft never made xbox games cross platform so they could be played on pcs as well. I mean its only the games they make a profit from. Most console companies make a loss from selling the hardware.

[Regulus]

Its not like Caustik is trying to compete with them. He's not making a xoB-X and packaging it and sellin it.

[whyn0t]

Originally Posted by duke

lolz he shouldn't have anything to worry about .. to be honest i dont see how reverse engineering could ever be illegal

Is this a joke ???
Following is extracted from the 1st End User License Agreement i found (think it was warcraft3)

END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT

3. Responsibilities of End User.
A. Subject to the Grant of License hereinabove, you may not, in whole or in part, copy, photocopy, reproduce, sublicense, translate, reverse engineer, derive source code, modify, disassemble, decompile, create a source code equivalent, create derivative works based on the Program, or remove any proprietary notices or labels on the Program, or allow others to do so, without the prior consent, in writing, of Blizzard.

[DC_daNMan]

well, you see, you need to know a bit about law to figger this one out. It does not matter what something says in its EULA. All programs stick to a set of laws that cannot be changed without going to parliment. You are aloud to do all of the stuff above, on the condition you do not share this information with others. Caustik is still not in trouble, because he is not actualy distributing this information, he is making a program out of it. All _free_ emulation is legal. It is considered to be in a 'grey' area because alot of people dont know that companys cant just make there own EULA, this is what companys want you to think.
Another example (that only affects people in the EU) is that although stores say that you only have a 6 month warrenty, or whatever, your warrenty lasts for 6 years. no matter what you buy, no matter what a shop says. If a product breaks during that first 6 years, you are legaly entitled to a free repair(if it is in a reprable state), although you still need to pay for shipping+handling if applicable...

[Galway no Sora]

As long as the emu is free, I don't think any company will sue him. Thats the problem with VGS and Bleem!, they make profit from it and Sony burnt them down.

[PentiumPro]

He's doing it for the sake of doing something really cool and helpful, not to mention free.He's doing it out of charity. As long as he's not making money off of it(Donations are donations, not sales), Then I think he should continue to kick ass.

Word to ya Caustik.

[Galway no Sora]

See the point of VGS and Bleem! I've mentioned above, and you'll know why. Whatever its called, cool, helpfull, joy, someting else like that = free !

[PentiumPro]

Actually I don't understand. Slow down and put more words in your sentences.

Oooooooh. I was replying to whynot, Not you galway. I agree with you.

[Paul_tulkas]

Personaly fu_-_ck the transaction for money ..

i hate membership to download somthing or veiw.

i hate money sites that requir money transaction to become a member.

i hate the law how it wants to keep everybodys hard work a source of employment...

people talk about world all the time when.. there hard work such as the console out there now a days.. depened money transaction to employe the unemployed.

why can't work for free and have credit system showing the hard working employee went to work that spacific day .. then in the credit system allwoing a certain allowance per day ..

long complacating system in my head right now.. i am gonna follow up on a new post... on this theory .. check me out later.

[PentiumPro]

What the hell was that all about? I don't even know what he said.

[Paul_tulkas]

to clear confushion... pls look for

pauls alternate solution in open disscusion forum...

[PentiumPro]

Can't find it. Slow down, use proper grammar, and explain what you just said. Please.

[Paul_tulkas]

to answer you computrendy......

i don't have a ged..

k

i live on a computer. although my comp skils in typing if f'ed up but i will continue to try my best to make it legidable.

[PentiumPro]

uh.ok.Sorry if I offended you. I just don't know what that one speech was about.

[Paul_tulkas]

its just my feeling on napster, morphues and the whole law system of things. and how much i hate it.

how greedy song wrighters can't just be happy .. knowing there music is effecting the many lives out there without worrying about one god damn percentage of money comeing in../

[PentiumPro]

AMEN! You're my kind of guy.

[Paul_tulkas]

now i can rest with ease knowing one member does like me.

[Razor Blade]

No one can stop no one. He shouldnt be scared! If anything Micro$oft should be thanking him. By the time he gets the emu to play commervcial games fully X boxes term will have run out and people wont buy x box games no more. But thanks to emulators it keeps there markets up.