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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I assume most FOSS emulators have a non-commercial license, so if a company is using it to make money they are already violating the law, but who is gonna go after Nintendo for that?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If they had that, they'd no longer be FOSS and instead "source available" and half the community will raise the pitch forks. Best FOSS licence to protect against this sort of thing is AGPL because it's toxic for corporations. But even that could be used in this case if they had the source on the same computer imo (IANAL though)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Good to know, ty!

[–] GreenKnight23 1 points 1 month ago

I would because it's an open and shut case no judge would deny.

and you would be incorrect, most GPL/fossy licensing doesn't specifically prohibit commercial use.