In case this is a real question: AFAIK* that is not possible for them to do. The project was open source and it accepted code contributions from everyone using a FOSS license. This means:
Everyone who has seen the code explicitly has rights to redistribute it, and this right cannot be revoked
The core team does not own the entirety of the code - to transfer ownership to Nintendo they would have to get approval from every single contributor that ever made a pull request that got merged. This is impractical to say the least
So no, there is no and there cannot be legal basis for Nintendo to claim copyright on Yuzu. They might have other claims, but I won’t weigh in on how good they might be because I’m way out of my depth already.
* I’m actually making a bunch of assumptions about Yuzu’s licence and number of contributors that I haven’t bothered to check, so take this with a grain of salt. I’m still pretty confident about point 1 though, I’d be really surprised if this was a wrong assumption, and it alone is enough.
Anyway, I just read through the settlement and I didn’t see any explicit transfer of ownership of he code in there. I’m not a lawyer though, there are some things in there I may not understand the implications of.
FWIW I am not one of the jerks who downvoted you, I think your comment contributes to discussion even if I’m the end it turns out to be wrong. I think people just see the downvote button as a “disagree” or “you’re wrong” button, don’t let it get to you.
Don’t worry about it, the angry edit was meant to be humorous- in general I agree that it’s a mistake to let downvotes upset you.
(And because I’m the admin of my own instance, the votes are made visible through the UI. So if I wanted to be a vindictive weirdo about it, I could… 😉)
No they can change the license.ots of Foss products doing that lately. It can ways be formed from theast foss version though. But I have no idea whaticense yuzu used.
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I started storing program setups and driver packages as well as firmware tools on my PC.
Seems like that it was a good choice to store the Ryujinx, Citra and Xemu emulator setups…
Since they’re back at it again I have to jump onto my alt and re-share the fact that I totally backed up Yuzu’s source code, their progress reports, their Github issues pages + pull requests, and all the latest available binaries right before it got taken off of Github. No illicit materials in my archive (ROMS/Firmwares/Keys). Freely available as a torrent.
They don’t actually provide decryption keys, the user has to either extract them from their own Switch or find them elsewhere online. However, it could be argued by Nintendo that using an unreleased game ROM for testing proves that the devs themselves were guilty of piracy, and were therefore somehow condoning the use of their emulator for piracy.
Either way, we won’t know how well Nintendo’s arguments would have held up in court, because the devs settled rather than fight it out.
It was a settlement. The devs decided, for reasons that are not public, that it would be easier to just pay Nintendo some money and take down the emulator than to fight them in court. It’s very possible (even likely) that they figured it would be more expensive to fight Nintendo’s lawyers than to just pay a fixed amount up front.
That’s quite often the case with thee issues - it’s simply a finance game by the player with the deep pockets - they can afford to effectively bankrupt a smaller player who may have done nothing wrong.
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It definitely was, since Yuzu doesn’t break copyright…
Did they transfer ownership of the code to Nintendo? If so, it might be a violation of Nintendo’s copyright on Yuzu itself.
To everyone who downvoted this: You are of low relative quality. Friggen jerks! I dress better than you! GET A LIFE! 😡😡😡😡😡
In case this is a real question: AFAIK* that is not possible for them to do. The project was open source and it accepted code contributions from everyone using a FOSS license. This means:
So no, there is no and there cannot be legal basis for Nintendo to claim copyright on Yuzu. They might have other claims, but I won’t weigh in on how good they might be because I’m way out of my depth already.
* I’m actually making a bunch of assumptions about Yuzu’s licence and number of contributors that I haven’t bothered to check, so take this with a grain of salt. I’m still pretty confident about point 1 though, I’d be really surprised if this was a wrong assumption, and it alone is enough.
“In case this is a real question?”
Anyway, I just read through the settlement and I didn’t see any explicit transfer of ownership of he code in there. I’m not a lawyer though, there are some things in there I may not understand the implications of.
Could have been just a hypothetical or rhetorical question from my POV
FWIW I am not one of the jerks who downvoted you, I think your comment contributes to discussion even if I’m the end it turns out to be wrong. I think people just see the downvote button as a “disagree” or “you’re wrong” button, don’t let it get to you.
Don’t worry about it, the angry edit was meant to be humorous- in general I agree that it’s a mistake to let downvotes upset you.
(And because I’m the admin of my own instance, the votes are made visible through the UI. So if I wanted to be a vindictive weirdo about it, I could… 😉)
No they can change the license.ots of Foss products doing that lately. It can ways be formed from theast foss version though. But I have no idea whaticense yuzu used.
You need to hire a proofreader :P I can’t read that, I’ve tried
Nintendo brass = scumbags. Trash corpo who hates its customers except for milking their money.
It is morally good to pirate all Nintendo products, crack all their hardware, and disparage all their advertising.
Sure trash company where everyone wants to play there games.
Even if there’s nothing by them you want to play, pirate some anyway. Seed generously.
Now this is the way
Been seeing BOTW for awhile now at just 75kbps up (phone internet.)
Looks like I’ve seeded 17 copies thus far 😎
It’s easily my most active torrent and I’m glad to help!
Agreed.
Corporate greed in Japan as a whole is truly something else.
How does Internet Archive has so many epub books if they are restricted by DMCA? Honest question
They turn a blind eye as long as no one files DMCA notice. They do limit downloads of some popular pirated materials behind login though.
Nobody sent a request to remove them
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This comment smells like chatgpt.
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Could be Gemini.
I’ve just taken to calling it “AI” instead of shilling for any brand.
Make a yuzu.su and host that shit in Russia.
Cs.rin.ru probably has builds on it anyways.
Nice. .su TLD is great.
I think everyone should post Yuzu links on Twitter. The place doesn’t have much moderation so it’s perfect.
LMAO, get fucked Nintendo. You’ll never take our archives.
I started storing program setups and driver packages as well as firmware tools on my PC.
Seems like that it was a good choice to store the Ryujinx, Citra and Xemu emulator setups…
Doing god’s work.
Stop giving these corporations money.
They will always use it against you.
Never give Nintendo money.
I bet Nintendo wouldn’t think twice to request books be burned if the yuzu source code is printed on them.
Nintendo, and any publicly-traded corporation, would rape your children if they thought it would make investors more money.
In fact, they have a fiduciary duty to do so.
Nintendo would bomb aid workers if they thought they were carrying yuzu source code
gimped?
Since they’re back at it again I have to jump onto my alt and re-share the fact that I totally backed up Yuzu’s source code, their progress reports, their Github issues pages + pull requests, and all the latest available binaries right before it got taken off of Github. No illicit materials in my archive (ROMS/Firmwares/Keys). Freely available as a torrent.
https://lemmy.ml/post/12810167
Otherwise I wish the best of luck to the nascent Suyu project.
I don’t seem to be able to add the magnet. Can you check if the link is still valid and if yes, give me a reply?
The magnet link is very alive. I haven’t stopped seeding it, but there are clearly other seeds with far better connections than mine in the swarm.
Weird. My seedbox was unable to convert it to a torrent.
I never had issues with me inserting magnet links.
Anyway I solved it with a magnet to torrent converter.
Thanks. Just added this to my torrent server and will seed until the server dies
Shit I might add it to my collection of stuff I tagged “Forever :)”
Right now only the rarbg_db torrent is on it with a ratio of 46x (17gb upload).
How dare they want their copyrighted material not stolen
there is nothing in Yuzu that Nintendo has copyright to. Emulators are also precedentially legal.
so yes, how dare they want “their” copyrighted material not “stolen”…
Isn’t it the decryption keys? and also the fact that they used an unreleased leak of tears of the kingdom to playtest paywalled compatibility?
They don’t actually provide decryption keys, the user has to either extract them from their own Switch or find them elsewhere online. However, it could be argued by Nintendo that using an unreleased game ROM for testing proves that the devs themselves were guilty of piracy, and were therefore somehow condoning the use of their emulator for piracy.
Either way, we won’t know how well Nintendo’s arguments would have held up in court, because the devs settled rather than fight it out.
If it’s not illegal then why did yuzu get shut down? Maybe you can represent yuzu against Nintendo, it’d be a slam dunk.
It was a settlement. The devs decided, for reasons that are not public, that it would be easier to just pay Nintendo some money and take down the emulator than to fight them in court. It’s very possible (even likely) that they figured it would be more expensive to fight Nintendo’s lawyers than to just pay a fixed amount up front.
That’s quite often the case with thee issues - it’s simply a finance game by the player with the deep pockets - they can afford to effectively bankrupt a smaller player who may have done nothing wrong.
There should be penalties for that.
“Yeah, we know we’re wrong but we’re just going to litigate as much as possible to drain our adversary’s pockets.”
That kind of thing should warrant its own criminal case.
Also, in the future, emulation devs really shouldn’t reveal their identity.
I wonder if 5heybwouldnt have started charging if Nintendo would have done anything.
ask bleem who actually beat Sony in court but went bankrupt. its not about the legality, its about the wallet.
This.
The legal system does not exist for poors.
The fuck sticks at Nintendo would love to take everything Nintendo related down for “copyright” if they could on the Internet archive.
Why is “Nintendo of America Inc.” in a different font?
Probably because it’s a template and somebody copied and pasted without remembering to paste as plaintext
N I N T E N D O C A N E A T S H I T ! !