@trumpcard See there can be intelligent debate about this. Thanks for bringing the discussion back to the real issues.
I am sure there may be a case or two where people bought the game to paly on the emulator. I guess i would just state that the percentage is so low to not be a factor in anything Sony considers beforre decing to go after the emu. I to know a bit about reverse engineering and emulators. Making an emulator that in no way uses any code from the origianl is not in violation of the law. Thats why they continue to exsist fot more then just eq. I noted back in previous post that what is probably covered under intellectual property rights is the data contained in the databases. I would guess thats why no database is bundled with the emu binaries. I suspect the developers know the risk there.
I'll disagree with the use of the term warez but, certainly I understand what the people running this board (which aren't always the developers I'm guessing) . I don't think I ever said that I didn't understand what they were trying to prevent. I just feel the whole argument pointless since there exsists things on this board that are equally illegal under the law. It was others that suggested that patching eq to play the emulator is legal while patching files you didn't buy is not. This is just wrong. They are equally illegal even if you did not agree to the EULA. By opening and installing the EQ software you agreed to the licensing agreement. This battle has been fought in court many times before and the software companies always win. It is law like it or not.
Ya know I stopped caring about the files or the if its allowed here or not long ago in this thread. It is certainly the right of the mods to delete or lock anything they want. I'm opinionated and after 10 years working for software companies I like to think I understand licenses and what the 'other guys' think from time to time. I'm just arguing the point to argue the point. Because the mods say so doesn't change what I feel to be the facts. Honestly, as someone that has been a long time supporter of GNU and FSF I think it is important that the users of the emu at least realize that this all exsists in a pretty grey area and the developers are taking some risks in doing this. Its not just all fun and games. they wouldn't be doing it otherwise. Some people think software should be free and the phrase 'intellectual property rights' hurts everyone.
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