TheImpressiveX@lemmy.ml to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 2 years agoThe official Nintendo Museum appears to be emulating SNES games on a Windows PC, which is slightly embarrassingwww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square87linkfedilinkarrow-up1383arrow-down10cross-posted to: nintendo@lemmy.worldgames@lemmy.world
arrow-up1383arrow-down1external-linkThe official Nintendo Museum appears to be emulating SNES games on a Windows PC, which is slightly embarrassingwww.pcgamer.comTheImpressiveX@lemmy.ml to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square87linkfedilinkcross-posted to: nintendo@lemmy.worldgames@lemmy.world
minus-squarebrax@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 years agoImplying they have their own emulator and it’s not just running retroarch or something
minus-squareBonerMan@ani.socialBanned from communitylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 years agoIf they would do that it would be very useful in court.
minus-square4am@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 years agoIt’s not illegal for Nintendo to run retroarch.
minus-squareBonerMan@ani.socialBanned from communitylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 years agoIts not illegal for anyone else either, but them running such software for profit might be a licensing issue depending on the exact version they use.
minus-squareSomething Burger 🍔@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 years agoRetroArch and most of its cores are under the GPL or MIT, which allow commercial use.
Implying they have their own emulator and it’s not just running retroarch or something
If they would do that it would be very useful in court.
It’s not illegal for Nintendo to run retroarch.
Its not illegal for anyone else either, but them running such software for profit might be a licensing issue depending on the exact version they use.
RetroArch and most of its cores are under the GPL or MIT, which allow commercial use.