Shouldnt Homebrew be Free and Give All Coders Your Thanks?

February 2nd, 2006, 22:53 Posted By: wraggster

Now first off i think all coders do a fantastic job for every homebrew and emulation scene on any console or computer for that matter. Without them and the hackers you wouldnt have a scene and its as simple as that.

What ever the actions they do and the sometimes strange and unfathomable way that certain releases come out we as a site and a scene thank each and every coder for their work.

Remember that Hero Worshipping one coder is really unfair to all the others who made it easy for that coder to release his work in the first place, the scene and the sites who support it, all work together (in a fashion ) but we are all part of the family and with that in mind shouldnt all homebrew releases be free.

If the person or persons use say devkits or others code to work on their commercial homebrew then shouldnt they get a cut of any profit.

The Dreamcast scene does have commercial homebrew but thats a scene long left to die because of Sega but the PSP is a strong and succesful console and will they be happy to see commercial homebrew ?

We have seen the Bleemcast release on the Dreamcast which gave the Dreamcast an excellent PS1 Emulator but for one game releases, but believe me they made the original game look way better. But Sony used their financial muscle to kill that project dead and so do any coders really want to be sued by Sony if even one PSP gets bricked?

Selling Homebrew even if you made it 100% yourself is a risky adventure.

Whats your thoughts ?

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