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Re:Wny doesnt someone make a modchip that... by hsoom · 2003-07-30 22:25 · Score: 1 · on Australian Federal Court Overturns Legal Modchip Sales

only allows linux to be used and doesnt allow any pirated games to be played (i.e. it would be pre-flashed with a linux bios image that had no (C) microsoft code in it)

Hibana over at Aussie Chip claim that they have. From their website:

"The AussieChip DualMod modchip cannot in fact be used to play unauthorised copies of XBox games. The legal Cromwell BIOS that we ship pre-programmed onto the chip can only be used to run Linux."

However they have suspended the sale of their modchips while legal advice is sought.
This isn't really an ''open'' license by Tom7 · 2003-05-09 15:32 · Score: 4, Insightful · on Open-Source Xbox Modchips

Though you can look at their schematics (if you have the same software as them), the license isn't really "open source" in the sense we've come to love. They place restrictions on how you can use the designs (not for anything that might cause injury) and how you can distribute them (can't build anything commercial). They can revoke the license at any time. So, for instance, you couldn't use these in a GPL project. Check out the license.

This is in fact a nice step, but not all licenses are created equal!