Sony's Removal of "Other OS" May Be Against EU Law

[Vanbierk]

mirgro said:

Vanbierk said:
It's not his system to touch, end of story, he's not doing it for personal reasons, he's doing it for a community, very different.

A community that, and you can't deny this, eventually someone will decide they want to add unsupported, unlicensed game support...

It's bound to happen when things head in that direction...

OtherOS was there for developers to program with the Cell, and for personal users to use it for Linux...that's it, not as a gateway into a closed system...Improper use of one user who decides to share it to become "The Hacker who Did It"...sparks many people to try to lead in the same way and branch off from that, regardless if it was a harmless "hack" on his part...

Yes it's his system. He paid the money for it and that makes everything in the PS3 his to do with what he wants. Same goes for anyone else with a PS3. He does share the information, and it would be quite stupid if he didn't. I am sure there are others who would want a way in the system. A hacked PSP has a lot more going for it than jsut free games you know. You can change how things do and operate. Same with a PS3 when it's done probably.

Saying he owns the technology in the system is like saying when you buy music from the store...it's actually yours, or a movie that you buy from the store, is one for you to be able to edit, and cut around....It just doesn't work like that.  You're paying for the ability to use the hardware licensed to you via your consent on reciept of terms.  Those terms are presented to you the very second you turn the system on, and when you agree, you're agreeing that you will use the system that you have purchased within the rules of operation, the EULA.  Home computers don't work under the same rules, that hardware is hardware that you have purchased and can do whatever you feel like, as long as you aren't hacking into say...microsoft or apple's operating systems, in which case, you've given up the right to that instance of the software, it can be taken...