This thread aims to be a continuation of a debate tueidj and I started in the ModMii thread. To keep the ModMii thread on-topic Xflak asked to continiue the debate in another thread, and here it is.
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Geez, no offense, but you have no idea, really. Ever heard of commercial GPL? According to your logic all professionial sites that sell GPL software like http://anything-digital.com/ or http://www.joomace.net/ or any of the thousand other sites are all scam sites. That's obviously BS. People are deliberately buying commercial GPL software although they know that you can get it for free simply because it's the source they trust. If you want to build a site and need a commercial extension, would you download it from some shady sources or pay for it and get the file directly from the source?
Wait, so are you basically saying that Wiibrew hosts information and provides a link to an illegal tool?
http://nus.cdn.c.sho...025000/00000000
Whoops, did I just post an illegal link?
We will probably get nowhere with this thread, but I feel like to continue this debate anyway, especially when a knowledgeable guy like tueidj claims that something essential in the Wii scene like optaining files from NUS is illegal when it's technically not. Feel free to post your input if you have anything to say regarding this debate. Keep it civil, no flame please
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I agree that paying for free software is not really smart. But I'm just sayin, legally the scam notice is a misinformation, regardless whether it's open source or not. All that matters is the license. And by the way, you don't need to get bushings approval since ModMii behaves basically like a wget command. You also don't need Nintendos approval for letting the NUS downloader grab some files from their servers
Again, this is just a suggestion to make ModMii a bit more professional looking. You don't have to if you don't want
It never says anything regarding legality in the scam warning AFAIK. It just says if you pay for it, you have been scammed. 100% true. If you sell something that is free, you ARE scamming. It doesn't matter if you have the legal right to sell it or not, you are still performing a scam selling something that can be obtained for free. So the scam warning is perfectly correct.
Geez, no offense, but you have no idea, really. Ever heard of commercial GPL? According to your logic all professionial sites that sell GPL software like http://anything-digital.com/ or http://www.joomace.net/ or any of the thousand other sites are all scam sites. That's obviously BS. People are deliberately buying commercial GPL software although they know that you can get it for free simply because it's the source they trust. If you want to build a site and need a commercial extension, would you download it from some shady sources or pay for it and get the file directly from the source?
Rubbish. Just because you can take something, doesn't mean you have permission. There are no text pages on NUS saying the files are free to download and it is clearly meant to be accessed by their software running on a wii. Ever heard the phrase "All Rights Reserved"? That means the creator doesn't give permission for you to do anything with their creation and unless stated otherwise it applies to all copyright material, including the content on NUS.You also don't need Nintendos approval for letting the NUS downloader grab some files from their servers
Wait, so are you basically saying that Wiibrew hosts information and provides a link to an illegal tool?
http://nus.cdn.c.sho...025000/00000000
Whoops, did I just post an illegal link?
We will probably get nowhere with this thread, but I feel like to continue this debate anyway, especially when a knowledgeable guy like tueidj claims that something essential in the Wii scene like optaining files from NUS is illegal when it's technically not. Feel free to post your input if you have anything to say regarding this debate. Keep it civil, no flame please