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> That's not a GPL violation, that's a Nintendo TOS violation and up to them to enforce. It's a GPL violation if it prevents the developer from being able to f
by yellowapple 2y ago
> That's not a GPL violation, that's a Nintendo TOS violation and up to them to enforce.
It's a GPL violation if it prevents the developer from being able to fulfill the obligations of the GPL. That'd indeed be why Nintendo would prohibit GPL'd code in their TOS.
> As for the game itself, shipping a game + emulator isn't the same as shipping a game built with a GPL library. The emulator runs on the platform and runs the game which can be built standalone.
True, but they're still on the hook for the emulator itself and the obligations of its license terms.