Well, that didn't last long did it. After a first release, GitLab have already pulled down the Nintendo Switch emulator suyu project, due to a DMCA hit as a result of it being forked from yuzu which Nintendo shut down.
  • CalcProgrammer1@lemmy.ml
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    3 months ago

    Hopefully they can find a new home. I am ashamed of GitLab. I used to love it but they get worse and worse by the day. Maybe Codeberg would be a better home. Nintendo can't kill this, there will always be new places to host software and it's open source.

    It's absolutely ridiculous they took it down even though Nintendo didn't DMCA the Suyu project directly. Shitty corporate cover-our-ass behavior at its finest.

    • Atemu@lemmy.ml
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      3 months ago

      I am ashamed of GitLab.

      Don't be. Gitlab has to comply with the law.

      It's the law that's broken, not Gitlab.

      It’s absolutely ridiculous they took it down even though Nintendo didn’t DMCA the Suyu project directly.

      Um, no. If shitty corpo X (ab)uses the DMCA to send you a takedown notice for some project and you also host a fork of the same project, you must take down the fork too.

      "You see, while this might be the exact same code, the name is totally different, so we don't have to take it down!" will not hold up in court.

      Whether the DMCA request is valid or not is an entirely separate question. You must still comply or open yourself up to legal liabilities.

      The process to object to the validity of the request is included in the screenshot.

      • TFO Winder@lemmy.ml
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        3 months ago

        DMCA hurts more than it serves

        This law should be struck down.

        I am sure majority of people will benifit from this.