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I see the headline and think "sooooo...?"
I read the article and I'm left continuing with the same question... They're trying to say that it's built on a library full of Nintendo code.
Whoop-de-fuck... Other than Nintendo, who cares? Why care? Libraries, SDKs, and drivers SHOULD be free and open source.
They also stole foss code though
Edit: The above statement is probably untrue
https://lemmy.ca/comment/16203696
According to the comment posted above....they didn't?
My bad
No worries dude. At least you didn't double down! 👍
I'd like to think I'm big enough to admit when I'm wrong
Well, you're doing pretty good in my book.
Thanks.
Goddamnit....I'm too polite to end the conversation....
Understandable. Congrats on the Liberal Party's victory. May Canadians never be Americans.
How can one steal foss code if it’s free and open source?
Not quite "steal", but they removed license and attribution information, which is a no-no and license infringement for sure.
But yeah, this is all of no consequence.
Edit: I just read DacoTaco's post below. Looks like there was no direct code liftup from RTEMS then, so I guess it's even more of a fuss over nothing.
They repackage it as proprietary in violation of the license