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authorTorbjörn Andersson2003-06-16 14:47:25 +0000
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Added section on copy protection, and why we bypass it for some games. Feel
free to rewrite this in a better way, but I think we should say *something* about it at least. svn-id: r8518
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UNIX - SDL (Linux, Solaris, IRIX, *BSD)
+Copy Protection:
+----------------
+The ScummVM team does not condone piracy. However, there are cases when
+LucasArts themselves bundled cracked interpreters with their own games --
+the data files still contain the copy protection scripts, but the interpreter
+bypasses them. There is no way for us to tell the difference between legitimate
+and pirated data files, so for the games where we know the original interpreter
+may have been cracked ScummVM will always have to bypass the copy protection.
+
+At the time of writing, that includes the following games:
+
+Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade (EGA)
+Loom (16 color floppy version)
+Maniac Mansion
+Monkey Island 1 (EGA version)
+Monkey Island 1 (VGA version)
+Monkey Island 2
+Zak McKracken (256 color FM Towns version)
+
+In most cases ScummVM will still show the copy protection screen. Try entering
+any answer. Chances are that it will work.
+
+
Known Problems in ScummVM 0.4.0:
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This release has the following known problems. There is no need to report them,