OSW said:
marcan_troll said:
Then again, we all know that the GBAtemp admins care more about ROMs and game downloads than about respecting homebrew and free software licenses. As long as it isn't a big lawyer-laden company behind the copyright, it's fine, isn't it?
Don't make baseless Judgements. We always remove dubious material as soon as it is noticed.
I have removed all the mirrors, thank you very much! I guess you never noticed the "REPORT" button!
I respect you, but respect should go both ways man...
Not to stir the pot, but correct me if I'm wrong. Haven't I seen you (or perhaps it was another mod/admin) directly participating in at least one of the 'scene' (warez scene, that is) release threads where a game was clearly released by said scene before its official release date, with you clearly stating that you've acquired the ROM and have used it. I'd have to say that his assessment of the situation is spot on. The whole notion that gbatemp doesn't 'condone' piracy is a big fucking joke and not a single, sane person would argue that it isn't. It'd be like me operating a set of forums where we announced every single gay bashing, racist, bigoted, etc. groups' meetings, and then even went on to discuss our experiences with such and actively encouraged others to do the same, only to go on to claim we didn't 'condone' gay bashing, racism, bigotry, etc. Laughable at best. But more like downright fucking hilarious. It's one thing to practice CYOA, but at least do it without insulting the intelligence of the intelligent amongst us. How about a simple "Yes, we're fucking pirates and do illegal things, but we can't risk a lawsuit so we can't allow any links to questionable material. Better safe than sorry."
IOW, his judgements are anything but baseless.