Well, that didn't last long did it. After a first release, GitLab have already pulled down the Nintendo Switch emulator suyu, due to a DMCA hit as a result of it being forked from yuzu which Nintendo shut down.
Unfortunately, it’s possible if the project is small. Also, even if it’s big, people will be left with clones in different states and of different times, and it will require some coordination to put everything in order again.
So to sum up, people will be forced to waste time, which also may be the goal ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
It is if everyone’s too scared of getting sued to host it publically
There’ll always be a way to get hold of the source but I’m not sure I’d trust some rando on some hidden back alley of the internet not to have messed with it somehow
There’ll always be a way to get hold of the source but I’m not sure I’d trust some rando on some hidden back alley of the internet not to have messed with it somehow
Removing open source code from the Internet just isn’t possible
Unfortunately, it’s possible if the project is small. Also, even if it’s big, people will be left with clones in different states and of different times, and it will require some coordination to put everything in order again.
So to sum up, people will be forced to waste time, which also may be the goal ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I have to think people have stored stuff in a blockchain somewhere. I wonder what the response to that is.
At this point, nobody should be doing open source coding unless your username is subpoena proof.
Well, that’s patently false, but I guess everyone is entitled to their own opinion.
How would yuzu being closed source have prevented it getting nintendo’d?
It is if everyone’s too scared of getting sued to host it publically
There’ll always be a way to get hold of the source but I’m not sure I’d trust some rando on some hidden back alley of the internet not to have messed with it somehow
That’s what hashes are for.
Same problem though where do you get a trustworthy hash