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   TOM WALKER to SEAN DENNIS   
   Linux & X-Box   
   02 Jul 14 07:09:00   
   
   SD>Hello, TOM.   
      
   SD>01 Jul 14 at 08:04, you wrote to ED VANCE:   
      
   SD> TW> Hacking, Instaling linux or modifying it for other purposes, the X-Box   
   SD> TW> is technicaly ILLEGAL And Microsoft has taken some to court for doing   
   SD> TW> so.   
      
   SD>So is modifying Windows (if anyone bothers to read the EULA carefully), but   
   SD>people do it anyway.   
      
   SD>I'd like to see where you found that information.  I have a friend who is   
   SD>running 12 of the original XBox systems in a computing cluster and Microsoft   
   SD>not said a word to him.  I think Microsoft has bigger fish to fry, such as   
   SD>harassing no-ip.org by seizing 22 of its domains because they supposedly are   
   SD>used by "malware developers" with no proof and just a federal court order to   
   SD>stick their foot down other companies' throats.   
      
   I jsut did a Google Search for "X-Box Hacking".   
   The prosecutions are more aobut Cracking games rather then running   
   Linux but it does violate the EULA.   
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