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minus-squarebrax@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down2·12 hours agoI see the headline and think “sooooo…?” I read the article and I’m left continuing with the same question… They’re trying to say that it’s built on a library full of Nintendo code. Whoop-de-fuck… Other than Nintendo, who cares? Why care? Libraries, SDKs, and drivers SHOULD be free and open source.
minus-squaredaggermoon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·10 hours agoThey also stole foss code though
minus-squareSturgist@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·7 hours agohttps://lemmy.ca/comment/16203696 According to the comment posted above…they didn’t?
minus-squareNikls94@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 hours agoHow can one steal foss code if it’s free and open source?
minus-squarefernandofig@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-25 hours agoNot quite “steal”, but they removed license and attribution information, which is a no-no and license infringement for sure. But yeah, this is all of no consequence. Edit: I just read DacoTaco’s post below. Looks like there was no direct code liftup from RTEMS then, so I guess it’s even more of a fuss over nothing.
I see the headline and think “sooooo…?”
I read the article and I’m left continuing with the same question… They’re trying to say that it’s built on a library full of Nintendo code.
Whoop-de-fuck… Other than Nintendo, who cares? Why care? Libraries, SDKs, and drivers SHOULD be free and open source.
They also stole foss code though
https://lemmy.ca/comment/16203696
According to the comment posted above…they didn’t?
How can one steal foss code if it’s free and open source?
Not quite “steal”, but they removed license and attribution information, which is a no-no and license infringement for sure.
But yeah, this is all of no consequence.
Edit: I just read DacoTaco’s post below. Looks like there was no direct code liftup from RTEMS then, so I guess it’s even more of a fuss over nothing.