At the time, this sounded like the holy grail for broke gamers. The reality, however, was far less glamorous.

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: Once downloaded, the interface is utilitarian. The user feeds the tool their PKG and the corresponding .rap file (the license). The software "liberates" the files, unpacking them and rebuilding them into a format that a CFW (Custom Firmware) PS3 can read without asking questions.