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I'm not a lawyer but this reminds me of how game mods are shared for old games. They are shared at patch files to avoid sharing the copyrighted original binary/
by kdbg 7y ago
I'm not a lawyer but this reminds me of how game mods are shared for old games. They are shared at patch files to avoid sharing the copyrighted original binary/rom file.
My understanding is that use a patch file as long as your patch doesn't include any copyrighted material it is fair to share.
A patch file does not necessarily have any of the original code, just the location info and the new value.
- baroffoos 7y agoThis is still how custom themes for the switch are distributed since the menu file is considered copyrighted they distribute a file and a tool you can use to apply the file to the menu file on your system.
- anilakar 7y agoYLLMV (Your Local Legislation May Vary), but reverse engineering and subsequent modifications are completely legal here, if they're more for compatibility than competition.