merthyr1831Mar 4, 2024

Yuzu & Citra devs fold to Nintendo's demands | Pay $2.3million to settle, take down github, domains, patreon, discord, with immediate effect.

https://lemmy.world/post/12737168

Yuzu & Citra devs fold to Nintendo's demands | Pay $2.3million to settle, take down github, domains, patreon, discord, with immediate effect. - Lemmy.World

A sad day for emulation and open source advocates, and a reminder that Nintendo can and will destroy you if they see fit. Hopefully their works will live in the saved repos just as ReVanced was able to live on after YouTube shut the original project down.

Show threadBaggins [he/him]Mar 4, 2024
So someone forked the GitHub right?
Show threadBaroqueInMindMar 5, 2024
Since there’s now legal precedent, and GitHub already has the signatures of the project code, they will simply now close down any fork that matches the code signatures to avoid getting sued by Nintendo as well.
Show threadpivot_rootMar 5, 2024
The repository removal was voluntary and done by the Yuzu team. GitHub doesn’t have to do anything and won’t do anything. Even when they receive a DMCA takedown, they only block forks made through GitHub’s “fork” button.
Show threadcatloafMar 5, 2024
It wasn’t voluntary, it was part of the settlement.
Show threadpivot_root
Voluntary from the perspective of GitHub. If it was through a DMCA request, all the forks would be gone with it.
Mar 5, 2024 at 5:19pmWeb