Re: Re: GC DVD driver + Filesystem driver

On Sunday 22 August 2004 21:47, Arthur Othieno wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 21, 2004 at 09:20:27AM -0700, Todd Jeffreys wrote:
> > I have written a GC DVD driver and an accompanying filesystem driver.  It is
> > now possible to "mount -t gcdvdfs /dev/dvd /mnt" and browse the filesystem.
> > 
> > I would like to add the files to the CVS tree so I was wondering if you would
> > grant me developer access on Sourceforge.  I have several other projects on
> > there and my username is paladine.
> > 
> > Thanks for the consideration,
> > 
> > Todd Jeffreys
> 
> I'm afraid it's not that trivial. The issue of actual benefits vs. uses
> arise, with a major concern about piracy. A simillar decision went for
> the Xbox DVD fs (xdvdfs): http://www.xbox-linux.org/docs/needgdfs.html
> 
> So, until benefits (of which I see very few, if any) out-number actual
> uses, I'm afraid a conclusive decision to this remains to be made, hence
> the Cc: to gc-linux-devel. Thanks.

how pathetic. i would vote for putting it in. if you want to pirate gc games you
certainly dont want to use gc-linux for it anyway.

gpz


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