Nintendo DMCA nukes 8,535 GitHub copies of Switch emulator yuzu

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Zippy Bot@lemmy.zip · 6 months ago

Nintendo DMCA nukes 8,535 GitHub copies of Switch emulator yuzu

tomalley8342@lemmy.world · edit-2 6 months ago

If the current maintainers’ efforts are now spread across 5x uncoordinated repositories, and compatibility is disrupted for new titles as a result, then it’s a success for Nintendo. Keeping copies around is trivial, sure, but the number of people who actually know what to do with that code AND are willing to wade into the copyright battleground is probably a lot less than what some people here are hoping for.