PS JailBreak PS3 Exploit Goes Free, Open Source

I'll lay even money that the first dodgy version of this will be on a torrent site within 72 hours

Let me know when it can play backup games.....

The more console piracy there is, the better. Less incentives to shove cheap ass console ports down our throat.

Open Source does NOT mean that nobody owns the source code, you're confusing open source with the public domain. In fact, PSGroove comes licensed under the GPL license, which is pretty restrictive to developers who wish to reuse the source code.

And yet it still won't be worth pirating PS3 games due to the high price of Blu-Ray burners and discs.

(I'm presuming you can copy games to the hard drive and play from there though).

psgrove is not the one that was being sold

it is actually a reversed version that i discoverd a few days ago made by Mathieulh

who i believe managed to dump the device, at the moement the source is out there but you have to compile it yourself onto a dev board and depening on the board that you choose could require a lot of editing on your part

some people in the scene are busy porting it to other devices like the teeny++

So the open source code does not play backup games... so what does it currentLY do?

actually you can play games on it there is a slightly alterd source that will let you do it and the idea of custom firmware is to allow you to run homebrew and emulators

if you want more details google it

@ tommysch it hasn't sloweed down the madden series in the least what makes you think it'll slow down anything else?

I have a PS3, didn't realize it played games. Been using the thing as a Blu Ray player for the last few years =)

"This software is intended to allow the execution of unsigned third-party apps and games on the PS3."

The GPL does not restrict your use, study, modification, sharing, re-engineer, etc of the source code. Only when you distribute work that integrates GPL'd source code are you restricted to distribute it covered by the GPL.

While I'd agree that there are even more liberal licenses, "pretty restrictive" seems exaggerated.

Not a suprice, Sony shoot themselves in the foot with the lawsuit! Now it will spread like wildfire instead of somewhat limited numbers

The more console piracy there is, the better. Less incentives to make anything at all, ever. And shove it down our throat?

So you basically paid ~$400 for a Blu Ray player.

*palm to forehead*

For quite some time it was one of the least expensive players out there. And since it has wi-fi built in, it made it one of the better players because it can be easily updated with the latest firmware.

Sure keep making games for consoles which are not using pirated games, forget the PCs, consoles are the future. Yeaah.

Oh wait? may be, there is less piracy in consoles, because.. humm.. lets say, same happens with Linux and viruses? Lesssssssss people using it!?

Cry Moar; Your tears are salty sweet. Sleep in the bed you made right next to the piracy that absolutely destroyed the PC gaming realm. Why waste time on a platform that probably has 50%+ piracy rate when the console scene is probably less the 10-20%?

I have an i7 and a 5870 and love PC gaming but lets be honest PC gamers shot themselves in the foot by stealing all their games as opposed to paying $50.00 for something they will probably play for 100+ hours. Rate me down to -20 but PC pirates created this situation by stealing games because they think it their god given right to play games because they are so 1337 to use an iso mounter and torrent and a cracked EXE.

Agreed, but I seriously doubt that "someone" out there using it to break into the PS will result in a lawsuit against GPL.
That would be like suing AT&T because someone made a prank phone call.

Many see this device as a venue to bring back other os.If it can be used for just that, then I'm on board. $ony should have never taken that feature away!

MW2 was a debacle, they still made 1 B$. People pirate stuff since the diskette days, we still have games. BTW I own like 30 games on steam.

If a publisher doesnt make a fucking Billion$ by pushing a half baked game with 15$ mappack DLCs its only going to be good for everyone.

I wish that all consoles go belly up due to piracy, like the Dreamcast did.

I totally agreed with you man.

The saddest part is these cheap *** still talk crap.

Is the game/software good/crap? crappy or not its still someone else's work.

and when Sony/Microsoft/Nintendo start banning these people from going online, they start crying like a baby and said them suck and will never buy their stuff again blah blah blah. hey, Do they cared? Nope they don't cuz you guys are just bunch of free loaders so why should they cared?

The problem is people like us, who payed for games that we liked, can't get more games cuz the companies are not making enough money.

*Post edited by moderator* Cool it on the language.

I really don't understand why, but you're right. People literally get this complex about piracy, where I guess from the guilt they insist that every game should be made free to them. They get beligerent when told they'll have to pay for ANYTHING.

Me, I pirate stuff, sure; I don't have money to buy games anyway. If I wasn't going to buy it in the first place, they're not losing any money by me downloading it. Hell, if I have a good time with it, it's MORE likely I'll be buying it in the future, as I do have close to a hundred titles on steam and another hundred in a drawer.

well you cant really say that a majority of pc gamers pirate becasue that isnt true, it is just scare tackticks

the only reason that most people think this is becasue developers use it as an excuse becasue it means they have less work to get it to work with different hardware for example look at how many cpu,gpu and motehrboard combinatiosn you could use and they all have to work and they have to support a lot of drivers

and talking about drm i dont mind it if it is not intrusive


say for example you have to log into steam once every couple days/ every 72 hours gametime

i dont like it when you have to constantly be conected to the internet to there servers becasue it means that if there servers are down then you cant play your game look at assasisn creed 2 for example

i think the only reason they managed to break drm so quick was becasue they were spured on becasue they wanted to play the game they bought but they couldnt so they broke the protection on it

Where was I advocating PC game piracy??? But thank you for proving my point unintentionally. Increasing the piracy rate of consoles will mean more incentives to produce PC centric games.

Sony probably leaked it themselves so they can figure out how to develop ways to battle it. They knew it would come out some way or another.

At the end of the day, piracy is still theft.

Sure, people make the argument of "I wasn't going to buy it anyway, so they're technically not losing a sale," or "I like to test the game out before I pay for it," but that doesn't change that they stole something, just the same as if they shoplifted the discs from a store. Stealing through piracy is easier on the conscience, though, because it's an anonymous crime, but it's still a crime.

I do, however, support "jailbreaking" devices like the PS3. I bought it, I should be able to use it as I like. If I want to run homebrew apps on it and play games legally purchased, I should have the option. If I want to increase the disc life / reduce possible damage to the disc by playing a digital backup on the HDD, I should have the option.

That is a bad news for Sony and game making companies.

I have one Japanese import PS1 game I haven't been able to play in the years since my ps1 plug in mod chip was swiped by some nefarious character. I don't know if this is for me, just so I can play some Japanese version of Metal Slug, but I'm tempted.

I say start prosecuting all these thievs to the fullest! Go all RIAA on them and fine each millions. Just stop prancing around the bush and scare these people strait.

Torrent sites, Hackers, and the ones that think its Ok because there is DRM you do like, or becouse you cant afford it - what a lame excuse!

If you dont like the DRM dont buy it and dont steal it either, just dont play it(called speaking with your wallet). If you cant afford somthing you dont just take it because they would make $ anyways! I want a Ferrari 599, so I'll just steal one because I cant afford it.

Sorry for double post but really need to be able to edit this stuff.

Two Corrections-
"DRM you -don't- like"
"-Wouldn't- make $"