[Gllug] X-Box linux

[Alain Williams]

On Tue, May 14, 2002 at 04:48:01PM +0000, Sarah Ewen wrote:
> Oops, I wasn't trying to say "We know better than you" at all - I was
> trying to say "If we gave you the all the specs on this, we'd have
> nothing to stop people illegally copying our games, so how about we
> provide a software interface to support development"
> 
> If we don't defend our copyright, we don't stand up in court against
> people who are manufacturing mod chips etc. At the end of the day the
> sad fact is there are plenty of people out there who seem happy to forge
> copies of PS2 games and so Sony has to make it hard for them to do.
> 
> I think that Sony have done pretty well at opening up the PS2
> with the Linux kit overall. Providing all the hardware manuals for example, was
> something they didn't have to do, but it helps developers immensely.
> We're already finding pdf copies available on the web left, right and
> centre..argh..
> 
> Anyhow, "we know better than you" isn't a valid argument for anything
> (as far as I can think of), and it's certainly not the reasoning behind
> not including docs for the IOP. 

All that it really does is to slow people down, if there is enough
interest it will be broken - this has happened enough in the past.
Security through obscurity is always inferior to properly designed security.

-- 
Alain Williams

#include <std_disclaimer.h>

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