what type of processor emulation does ppsspp use?

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(02-12-2016 06:17 PM)grief3r Wrote:  if they are illegal to use tho, then how can it be legal to emulate them?

Well people were allowed to make "IBM compatible PC"s. You can implement hardware or software to emulate the behavior of existing systems. But you can not just copy the existing software like the firmware verbatim since you'd be violating the copyright of the original author.

Just copying the firmware is no different than pirating any other software. You can't just copy Microsoft Office and distribute it to people, but you can make software like Open Office that emulate its behavior and open its files.

I guess a better comparison is: Imagine you write a virtual machine software. You can't just ship your virtual machine with a copy of Microsoft Windows, but you could write your own OS that runs software written for windows like ReactOS does.