Hacking SneekyCompiler

[scooby74029]

You didn't say anything to get this all started.

Just don't include the warez-related stuff.

Yeah i took that stuff off the main and just did a download from mediafire for a rar file called sneekypack

I hope this is ok if not let me know please!!!!!

 

[thesund0g]

wow sorry I said what I said but all I meant by my posts is that the devs here say learn to make it yourself and when someone does and they dont do it right then someone asks for help to fix their mistakes and is ignored then turned in for violations they never even knew they made by one of the people that said to make it yourself

sorry but just my opinion that tueidj could have easily taken 10 min of his time and helped me correct
my mistakes instead he sent in a email to alert people at googlecode I believe that was wrong
just my opinion!!!

Did tueidj even bother to tell you that you were doing something wrong, and give you a chance to make it right first?

 

[tueidj]

This was the order of events from my point of view:

- I posted in the original thread here
- Thread vanished without a trace (?)
- I emailed Google advising them they were hosting copyright infringing material
- scooby74029 PM's me asking to help him sort out the licensing issues
- I received a pre-release copy of a certain game and forgot about everything else for the past 3 days

There were two reasons I emailed Google without discussion:
- It included blatant copyright infringement/theft (the RB2 stuff) as well as the licensing issues. scooby74029, you must have been aware that this stuff was illegal and from the other thread it seems like you did. Also for the record you don't have permission to redistribute those programs, nobody does except the author since they come with no documentation explicitly stating distribution is allowed. Just because you might have got them from some torrent site where someone posted them, doesn't mean they are free to give out. (Hint: if those programs belonged to HairyBallsack or whatever his name is, why doesn't he fix their bugs? Why did he release debug builds?)
- I like Google Code. I would be sad if Google decided it was not worth their effort or if they decided to close down all projects that were related to wii/homebrew/nintendo because of some lawsuits.

Now keep in mind what happened with the "other" GPL thread when I asked for the source code and the author refused, deleted his work and then tried to act as if he would have given it to me if I'd just PM'd him; I'm afraid I don't have the patience to deal with that sort of behaviour. PM'ing people regarding license/copyright violations simply doesn't work in my experience, they either ignore you or tell you to F off. However given that scooby74029's attitude has been a lot better (more so than other people who have involved themselves needlessly) I don't think it would have happened in this case, but that doesn't excuse him from knowingly hosting illegal tools and for that sort of thing I will always take action without discussing it first.

 

[SifJar]

You didn't say anything to get this all started.

Just don't include the warez-related stuff.

Yeah i took that stuff off the main and just did a download from mediafire for a rar file called sneekypack

I hope this is ok if not let me know please!!!!!

I'm sorry, do you not "get" whats being said here? Hosting this stuff is illegal, it doesn't matter where you host it. You simply shouldn't host stuff that's illegal. Tools purely for pirating DLC should not be distributed at all, as that is illegal. Tools you don't have permission to redistribute should not be redistribued at all, as that is illegal.

 

[scooby74029]

@teuidj Ok I get the DLC thing now It will be gone in next release

What about Puneek files snd source?

I really want to be legal and have this project to learn from

so I ask again could you please help me out

@Sifjar I understand now about the DLC things YES I know that they are illegal but I thought that they were released like every other program on here Sorry my ignorance coming out

If any of you will help me out please look at my program and help me to make it legal and get a license that i will be able to use

I really do want to learn the right way to do things so I hope one of you will help me out

I am going to rewite this program again but i need to know some info so could one of you pm me?

 

[XFlak]

Hey scooby74029, sorry to see your app turn into such a drama, I'm glad your taking it so well.

Generally speaking, u need to check any code or bundled files your program uses/includes to make sure you are allowed to share it. Most wii related things are under the GPL v2 licence, which means you can use their work as long as u include the licence and make the source code available to all. You should also credit the authors of whoever's code/files you are using (I think this is more of an unwritten rule). Some files may not require you do anything in order to share it, it depends on the licence. Any free and legal files that you are not allowed to redistribute should be okay to have them downloaded from the original souce using wget or w/e (ie. you can't redistribute the hackmii installer but you can have it downloaded from the bootmii website). But basically just read up on each file u are including with your app, and make sure u do w/e u need to do in order to share it while complying with the licence. Lastly, watch out not to include any warez-like things like DLC (I think u already learned that lesson the hard way

). If you have any specific questions, feel free to either post them here or PM me and I'll try to help u out as best I can. It would be helpful if you or someone else could list all your licence "breaches" so we can address them one at a time.

 

[scooby74029]

hey Xflak thanks again man you are always a help

thats just it I dont know what Licenses I am breaking or anything so I have redone program

here " removed old link "

This is what I really want to use But like the zestig.exe and the settings de/recrypter.exe files

how would I even find the info on those or are those illegal too??

I mean i didnt get any link to source or anything but a readme on how to use them

I guess thats where my ignorance started

so someone please look at program now and help me out

 

[XFlak]

can u post links to wherever you found the zestig.exe and the settings de/recrypter.exe files?

edit: hopefully with those links we can find the source code for those apps, as well as their licenses.

 

[scooby74029]

ok so would i do that in like the change log file or where??

Remember guys I have only benn trying this for about 4-5 months and maybe 10-15 hrs. a week so i am still really a super noob

ok I have no idea where I got them at They have been on my computer for awhile ill make a rar of the files i have and there sources that i have

here " removed old link "

the only thing that i dont have souce to is the bin2raw.exe file that i can see

 

[tueidj]

zestig is from segher's git repo, although someone else probably modified it to compile a windows build.
The settings de/recrypter might be from somewhere on wiibrew (which is down atm) or I faintly recall giantpune making one.

 

[scooby74029]

I posted an edit with the files i have

also here" removed old link "

thanks for any of your help

 

[markehmus]

nice to see all this didnt discourage you.

will be nice to watch you transform into what you want to become.

also thanks for sharing.

godspeed on your way.

 

[scooby74029]

looking for a lttle help with writng my change log want it to be right

hey guys rewrote program

I would like someone to test this out and see if it works for them thanks

here " removed old link "

please leave me comments on here so i can continue to make this better

 

[WiiUBricker]

Hey scooby, version 2.0 works fine, at least for me. But I have a suggestion: After the compiling of SNEEK (without DI module) finished I get in my sneek folder the following files:

dimodule.elf
esmodule.elf
fsmodule-sd.elf
fsmodule-usb.elf
font.bin
kernel.bin
region.bin
slot.bin

What are slot.bin and region.bin for? It's the first time I get those files after compiling sneek.
Also the files dimodule.elf, esmodule.elf, fsmodule-sd.elf and fsmodule-usb.elf are not needed after successfully compiling sneek anymore. So it would be nice if you could add an optional "delete local files" function that can delete those unneeded files.

Thanks again and keep up your good work.

ADD: Ok, slot.bin and region.bin are not needed anymore since ages.

 

[scooby74029]

well i have been messing again so here is version 3.2

get it here " Removed link had a bug "

i have really enjoyed doing this and learning from everyone here!!!!!

 

[WiiUBricker]

Thanks. I just found a bug. Downloading a specific SNEEK rev isnt working. You can just download the latest rev. If you choose to download a rev, that is not the latest, it wont happen anything.

 

[scooby74029]

Thanks. I just found a bug. Downloading a specific SNEEK rev isnt working. You can just download the latest rev. If you choose to download a rev, that is not the latest, it wont happen anything.

thanks
ill try it later and fix it

 

[scooby74029]

ok here is fixed version 3.3

thanks @wiibricker for finding bug

 

[Shano56]

why can't people let copyright holders deal with their own copyright claims? must make people feel good to report it I guess.

 

[WiiUBricker]

Thanks, the bug is fixed now.