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[Charles Ulrich]

On Tuesday 06 March 2007 22:17, Jason Green wrote:
> One thing we could consider is having the CDs available
> to check out, but install the games on each PC.  That way, when
> someone wants to play a game, they come to the front desk and sign
> out for the disc, then return it when they're finished.  Cedega
> supports copy protection properly on most of those games, so this
> would be feasible and we could avoid having to use no-cd cracks which
> are of
> questionable legality anyway (I fully support them in theory, but I
> don't think their legal status has ever been actually tested).

Legally, they're protected under the DMCA. (Which is an utter joke, but 
that's a topic for another day.) However, I don't think many people are 
going to bother playing games if they have to suffer the inconvenience 
of checking out the CDs. If we want people to actually play the games, 
we should make it so that they can just sit down and start playing. 
(But this is just my opinion, the actual decision is Caleb's.)

How badly will we suffer if we eliminate games with CD checks from the 
lineup?

> Vanilla Wine won't support most of the copy protection methods used
> by many of those games.  Cedega doesn't support SecuROM 7 at the
> moment, which is used by the version of Dawn of War that I have (the
> Gold Edition).
>
> Crediting Transgaming for the licenses would be appreciated as well.

Definitely. Anyone have suggestions on the best way to do that?

> FYI - my personal machines that will be used at the event will likely
> have quite a few more games than that list available.

-- 
Charles Ulrich
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