> As draconian and litigious as Nintendo is about these things, previous projects of this type have managed to avoid the gaze of its lawyers so far. [...]
The reason is probably because projects like these don't really infringe on any of Nintendo's intellectual property. Coders like Roseman aren't just ripping Nintendo's assets (like textures) out of their games and slapping them onto the PC, instead, they're remaking the code themselves, which Nintendo has yet to find a way to crack down on.
How is this is even remotely legal. They have literally decompiled Nintendo's binary -- up to the point the decompiled sources build to a binary with the same checksum -- and are now redistributing it. There's absolutely no interoperability motivation or any other type of DMCA exemption that would apply here. It's like claiming that the art assets are subject to copyright but not the program.
How is this is even remotely legal. They have literally decompiled Nintendo's binary -- up to the point the decompiled sources build to a binary with the same checksum -- and are now redistributing it. There's absolutely no interoperability motivation or any other type of DMCA exemption that would apply here. It's like claiming that the art assets are subject to copyright but not the program.