Subject: Aw: Re: [stella] Is Stella GPL'd? (was StellaX PAL detection) From: cybergoth@xxxxxxxx Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 10:30:43 +0100 (CET) |
Hi Thomas! > Eckhard wrote: > > That might be the case, but I'm not sure if it really is good > > news for Manuel. If Stella is GPL, then his idea of protecting > > his games by compiling the binaries into the emulator wouldn't > > work, as he would have to provide the source code to anyone > > who wants it. And if he had to provide the source code for his > > games, that would be an even worse situation for him than it > > seems to be now. ;-) > Do you agree now Manuel? Copy protection inside the source code IS the > better (easier) way! ;-) So? I could make Stella read somewhat strange packed BINs instead or something like PGP it. Then one could release the complete source of the thing but only emulators compiled with a certain key are able able to decrypt the ROMs that are encrypted with the same key. Ha! That's even better! Everybody can encrypt his own ROMS and emulator and no-one can debug them out, even when the source is available :-) And those encrypted ROMs of course only work on the emulator, not on any console. (BTW: For the other readers (Thomas already knows :-)) All of these protection ideas started not because I think that protection is really necessary, but because in another thread (in november?) someone said 'perfect protection can't be done' and I just have to proove that wrong, (at least for 2600 BINs! :-)) Greetings, Manuel ----------------------------------------------------------------------- PCs & Notebooks: Riesenauswahl an neuen und gebrauchten Geräten aller Anbieter. eBay, der weltweite Online-Marktplatz! http://www.arcor.de/home/redir.php/ebaypc ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archives (includes files) at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/archives/ Unsub & more at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/
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