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[–] Black616Angel@feddit.de 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Why do people still host their stuff on github if they know its illegal?

[–] ubergeek77@lemmy.ubergeek77.chat 35 points 4 months ago

There was no judgement, only a settlement. Yuzu is not "illegal." Nintendo can abuse DMCA and request GitHub take these down, and GitHub will probably listen, but Nintendo would not be "legally in the right" to do so.