Hacking Discussion Where is SX OS and 7.0-1 Support?

When will SX OS 7.0.0 support come?

  • June 15th

    Votes: 92 18.4%
  • Never

    Votes: 57 11.4%
  • Nintendo Will Drop 8.0.0. First

    Votes: 142 28.5%
  • Right after Atmosphere

    Votes: 124 24.8%
  • With Bacon and Cheese

    Votes: 84 16.8%

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Essasetic

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Just because 5% of Sept is closed source (method of getting keys and the keys themselves) isn't exactly breaking "a chain of trust" 99% of Atmosphere is still open source.

Even then it was made only to stop TX from getting their slimy hands on the code and claiming it for themselves. I'd argue it's a smart move from ScriesM and the people from ReSwitched.
 

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Just because 5% of Sept is closed source (method of getting keys and the keys themselves) isn't exactly breaking "a chain of trust" 99% of Atmosphere is still open source.

Even then it was made only to stop TX from getting their slimy hands on the code and claiming it for themselves. I'd argue it's a smart move from ScriesM and the people from ReSwitched.

If it's not 100% open source then it's not open source. Simple as that.
 

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A lot of Linux distros still use proprietary drivers, does that make it non-opensource?

It makes them non free, you can always use librelinux, ask Stallman.

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Sections of projects can be open source. For atmosphere's case <1% of Atmosphere is closed source (and it may just be the case that it's not even apart of the main branch). Which makes Atmosphere 100% still open source.

If you can't build it yourself at home its not 100% free software.
 

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If you can't build it yourself at home its not 100% free software.
You can still compile the code and make modifications for yourself. The method isn't apart of Atmosphere and the keys are illegal to release. So that does mean Atmosphere is still 100% open source. ScriesM could've just decided to keep Sept closed source. But he didn't!
 
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It makes them non free, you can always use librelinux, ask Stallman.

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If you can't build it yourself at home its not 100% free software.

Atmosphere is fully compliant with the GPLv2, and thus is free and open source.

It may not meet the requirements for GPLv3...but eh, I don't like GPLv3 for a number of reasons, and don't license it under GPLv3.

Sept's fully open source, you can build it -- your build just won't work on hardware without keys. Keys aren't source code + would be illegal to share, and this is all GPLv2 kosher. ;)
 
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