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ed12:
yes mike correct
they used open source s/w
so that part would be a no nomaier
but I just wonder about there key-code
let's say like mame we run without a key
where would legal come to play ? as we did not hack there :key:
we just by-passed the chk , this leave's it as wide open question..
imho

ed

lilshawn:
the Linux OS is an open source OS...

wouldn't that make it subject (somehow) to the GNU General Public Licence?

ed12:
yes shawn
the gnu is a wide open non paid for s/w
so they hold no legal ground there..
there key is a different story , in my eye's

ed

lilshawn:
the key really only is a hardware check that tells the software it's okay to run or not. it provides no decryption of the software i'm aware of.

it's more of an "if keynum = 3623 then run. if not then norun"

after the check at boot, the software never polls the key data again.

mahkeymike:

--- Quote from: lilshawn on January 19, 2015, 04:59:35 pm ---the key really only is a hardware check that tells the software it's okay to run or not. it provides no decryption of the software i'm aware of.

it's more of an "if keynum = 3623 then run. if not then norun"

after the check at boot, the software never polls the key data again.

--- End quote ---

It reads configuration data from the key and stores it in memory. The data on the key is country specific. One reason is default languages. And i am sure some country versions might have more or less games then other country versions and names of games may be different.

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