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They can probably also compel the original copyright holders (the yuzu team) to issue takedowns of forks
by kevingadd 3y ago
They can probably also compel the original copyright holders (the yuzu team) to issue takedowns of forks
- GardenLetter27 3y agoOn what grounds? They can't retroactively revoke the copyright licence previously granted no?
- kevingadd 3y agoYou could probably contest the takedown on the basis that an open-source license allows you to post a fork, but Nintendo got them to agree that the content is illegal, so it seems questionable whether they could give you a license to distribute something it's no longer legal for them to distribute themselves. I wouldn't want to go to court over it, personally.
- Phrodo_00 3y agoNintendo did no such thing. They just settled out of court by owing enough money to bankrupt the company and agreeing to not distribute the work. It means nothing to other people that already have licenses to redistribute from earlier.
- wtetzner 3y agoGiven that it's under the GPL, I don't think they can do that.
- GabrielTFS 3y agoPeople have a license under the GPL to redistribute Yuzu, and the devs know this - I don't think a settlement can compel them to commit perjury (which is what they would be doing if they knowingly lied in a DMCA takedown)