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Re: [GNU-linux-libre] MAME emulator is giving incentive to use non-free
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alírio eyng |
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Re: [GNU-linux-libre] MAME emulator is giving incentive to use non-free software |
Date: |
Sun, 3 Apr 2016 21:02:28 +0000 |
Felipe Sanches:
>On Sun, Apr 3, 2016 at 3:36 PM, alírio eyng <address@hidden> wrote:
>> Tobias Platen:
>>> Emulators can be useful for reverse engineering
...
>> emulators are the _result_ of reverse engineering, not tools to do it.
...
>I completely disagree!
>I have been actively using MAME to perform reverse engineering of
>non-free firmware for a bit more than a couple years.
this is missing the point.
you are using mame to _run_ non-free firmware and performing reverse
engineering on a running non-free firmware.
but if we support running non-free software (or firmware) on an
emulator there's no point in not supporting non-free software outside
it. e.g. skype
because i can say its useful to run skype to reverse engineer it, and
this is true.
free distros choose the compromise of making this a little harder by
not supporting nonfree software so people are not mislead in using it.
but it is still reasonably easy to opt-out of the free distro
whitelist and use nonfree software if wanted.
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] MAME emulator is giving incentive to use non-free software, (continued)
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] MAME emulator is giving incentive to use non-free software, Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli, 2016/04/01
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] MAME emulator is giving incentive to use non-free software, alírio eyng, 2016/04/02
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] MAME emulator is giving incentive to use non-free software, alírio eyng, 2016/04/03
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] MAME emulator is giving incentive to use non-free software, Tobias Platen, 2016/04/03
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] MAME emulator is giving incentive to use non-free software, alírio eyng, 2016/04/03
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] MAME emulator is giving incentive to use non-free software, Felipe Sanches, 2016/04/03
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] MAME emulator is giving incentive to use non-free software,
alírio eyng <=
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] MAME emulator is giving incentive to use non-free software, Felipe Sanches, 2016/04/03
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] MAME emulator is giving incentive to use non-free software, alírio eyng, 2016/04/03
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] MAME emulator is giving incentive to use non-free software, Felipe Sanches, 2016/04/04
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] MAME emulator is giving incentive to use non-free software, rain1, 2016/04/04
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] MAME emulator is giving incentive to use non-free software, J.B. Nicholson, 2016/04/04
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] MAME emulator is giving incentive to use non-free software, Joshua Gay, 2016/04/05
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] MAME emulator is giving incentive to use non-free software, alírio eyng, 2016/04/04
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] MAME emulator is giving incentive to use non-free software, Felipe Sanches, 2016/04/04
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] MAME emulator is giving incentive to use non-free software, Felipe Sanches, 2016/04/04
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] MAME emulator is giving incentive to use non-free software, Felipe Sanches, 2016/04/04