Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!news From: Brian Baird Newsgroups: playstation.ny.program.questions,scee.yaroze.programming.2d_graphics,scee.yaroze.programming.3d_graphics,scee.yaroze.programming.codewarrior,scee.yaroze.programming.gnu_compiler Subject: Re: Dear Sir... Date: Mon, 02 Nov 1998 18:01:39 +0000 Organization: DMA Design Ltd Lines: 21 Message-ID: <363DF383.765B@dma-design.com> References: <7158bk$fj62@chuka.playstation.co.uk> <363A04CD.E0EA3EBA@mcmail.com> <363D9C4C.3974@bton.ac.uk> <363D9EE0.4684@bton.ac.uk> <363DA1D8.6A0@bton.ac.uk> <363DB13D.12B9188@mcmail.com> <363DEBB7.14FD@bton.ac.uk> Reply-To: brian@dma-design.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 195.153.133.80 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Win95; I) Xref: chuka.playstation.co.uk playstation.ny.program.questions:194 scee.yaroze.programming.2d_graphics:705 scee.yaroze.programming.3d_graphics:997 scee.yaroze.programming.codewarrior:397 scee.yaroze.programming.gnu_compiler:274 BJD3 wrote: > > Now don't get me wrong - I'm not condoning piracy; I just feel that > Angel has become a bit of a scapegoat for anti-piracy emotions. And > that. > > Another thing; you are insinuating that these people are using PsyQ for > 'mailcious intent' - now what exactly is malicious about writing games? > These people are doing virtually the same as us - writing games for the > PlayStation. The difference is, that these people are using source > aquired unofficially, and are not being supported by Sony. They have the > same goals as us, and are not evil or anything like that. "Acquired unofficially"? Acquired *illegally* is what you meant to say, surely? They may be developing games, they may be swapping their own sources - but all their development tools are pirated. -- Brian @ DMA [ All opinions & views are my own, not DMA's, yadda, yadda, yadda ]