CNET News: Xbox Linux Group Seeks Microsoft Seal

“The group of programmers working to run Linux on Microsoft’s
Xbox video game console is seeking the software giant’s seal of
approval.

“In an open letter sent to Microsoft, the organizers of the Xbox
Linux Project requested that the software giant ‘sign’ its Xbox
version of the open-source operating sytem.

“Microsoft’s electronic signature would allow the software to
run on an unmodified Xbox. Currently, an Xbox must be outfitted
with a ‘mod chip’–a gray-market add-on that overrides security
features in the console–to run Linux or any other unapproved
software. Microsoft has pursued a variety of legal and technical
means to thwart mod chips, on the grounds that the devices aid
software piracy…”

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