Unless you have been living under a rock or ignoring the issues, We have some unrest here about our no ROM discussion policy. This zero tolerance policy was put in place because of my choice not to allow piracy and warez discussion. I do not condone the use of these.

The choice to not allow ROM Discussion was to make it easier on the moderators that volunteer their time here. Keeping spam and flaming out of the forums consumes a lot of their time already.

A couple weeks ago, some of the more level headed members contacted me to openly discuss this stance. I was not armed with as much information as I needed to make any kind of choice on the matter, so we stuck with the policy. In the last 2 weeks, we have several threads and hundreds of posts discussing the issue in our private admin forum.

After all this discussion, some input from fellow webmasters, talks with two attorneys, and discussion with Microsoft, I have decided to move forward with our new stance on the subject and what will be allowed in the forums here.

After much discussion, the Aximsite/MobilitySite team has agreed on a policy for discussion of hacked ROMs (which should also encompass cooked, baked or modded ROMs):

1) Discussion of hacked ROMs is allowed.
2) Links to hacked ROMs are allowed.
3) Discussion of illegal ROMs is not allowed.
4) Links to illegal ROMs are not allowed.

For purposes of clarity:

• Hacked ROMs are legitimately licensed ROMs that have been hacked to enhance performance. Examples of hacked ROMs are the AXIM WM5.0 Football ROM and the hw4700 WM5.0 ROM.
• Illegal ROMs are ROMS that include versions of the windows mobile operating system and/or software that have NEVER BEEN LICENSED to the OEM to be used for the specific model pocket pc. Hacked ROMs may be deemed to be illegal ROMs if it becomes apparent that the ROM includes unlicensed third party software. Examples of illegal ROMs are the unofficial WM6.0 ROMs that have been released for the Axim 50v and the hx4700.

This policy extends to ROMs only and repeals any and all previous statements regarding the site's policy on hacked ROMs.

It should be noted that our general rule forbidding the discussion of, and links to, pirated software (or warez) is still in effect.

Thanks to everyone for their patience while we sorted this out. Email (martin(at)aximsite.com) or PM me, or leave a comment, if you have any questions. In addition, you can also contact Chris via the contact us form.

Please note our full disclaimer (Post 3 in this thread). You install software at your own risk. Aximsite & Leckmedia LLC reserves the right to remove any content if requested by third parties.