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I believe NES patents might be finally all expired and off this year, but the SNES is probably covered for a little longer. Reverse engineering emulators and fp
by nemomarx 2y ago
I believe NES patents might be finally all expired and off this year, but the SNES is probably covered for a little longer. Reverse engineering emulators and fpgas has been safer legally speaking for most of the last few decades.
- philipkglass 2y agoPatents last 20 years: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Term_of_patent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Term_of_patent The SNES came out in 1990: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Nintendo_Entertainment_System https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Nintendo_Entertainment_S... Every patent on the original SNES should have expired by 2010.