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About the update servers: why don't they just host their own copy of the required update files? I thought maybe because of copyright issues, but when the curren
by makeworld 4y ago
About the update servers: why don't they just host their own copy of the required update files? I thought maybe because of copyright issues, but when the current solution is running their own intermediary server it seems kind of equivalent.
- delroth 4y agoThe update data is not redistributable, but there is nothing copyrightable in what the "fake update server" returns (30 lines of PHP serving some trivial static XML files).
- makeworld 4y agoAh I see, thanks! I thought the fake update server would be returning the actual data files itself. What a precarious situation to be in though, that's unfortunate.
- masklinn 4y agoMaybe the "fake update server" could have a "cache" for "reliability"?
- nfriedly 4y agoNintendo's lawyers are very aggressive with anything IP related, and I'm sure they would love an excuse like that to shut down the dolphin project.
- duskwuff 4y ago> but when the current solution is running their own intermediary server it seems kind of equivalent. My impression is that they aren't hosting or relaying any of the update files -- they're running a web service which provides Dolphin users with URLs of files which are hosted by Nintendo.