@CanisWolfred @KeeperBvK @FullbringIchigo @Zobocop Blaming the developer of an emulator for the piracy it's used for is like blaming a factory that makes guns for the violence their product causes.
Hyperkin is in the wrong, and it show just how shadey a company they are when they steal and don't tell anyone until someone disassembled their code and finds bits and pieces of something they or their colleagues wrote.
The fact that they didn't ask for permission to use the code in their commercial product when the licensing is designed to prevent that is disgusting, and is disrespectful to the people who wrote the code your product is running on, it's like biting the hand that feeds you in a sense.
It's even worse because the program encryption keys prevent you from using this software in the way it was intended. I.E. If they wanted to make the RetroN 5 play cartridges, thats fine, but preventing users from using it to play roms is wrong because it hinders the freedom of the end users, freedom they would have had by using the open source parts of the software on another platform and thats the big issue.
If Hyperkin truly wants to damage control this, they need to release ALL of the RetroN 5 code and allow the end users to use roms if they so choose.
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Re: Proof of Functioning Wii U Emulator, Cemu, Emerges Online
@Artwark https://u.teknik.io/RUcXkb.png Piracy hurt the DS sales SOOOO much.
Re: Hyperkin's RetroN 5 Console Allegedly Infringes On The Rights Of Multiple Emulator Authors
@CanisWolfred @KeeperBvK @FullbringIchigo @Zobocop Blaming the developer of an emulator for the piracy it's used for is like blaming a factory that makes guns for the violence their product causes.
Hyperkin is in the wrong, and it show just how shadey a company they are when they steal and don't tell anyone until someone disassembled their code and finds bits and pieces of something they or their colleagues wrote.
The fact that they didn't ask for permission to use the code in their commercial product when the licensing is designed to prevent that is disgusting, and is disrespectful to the people who wrote the code your product is running on, it's like biting the hand that feeds you in a sense.
It's even worse because the program encryption keys prevent you from using this software in the way it was intended. I.E. If they wanted to make the RetroN 5 play cartridges, thats fine, but preventing users from using it to play roms is wrong because it hinders the freedom of the end users, freedom they would have had by using the open source parts of the software on another platform and thats the big issue.
If Hyperkin truly wants to damage control this, they need to release ALL of the RetroN 5 code and allow the end users to use roms if they so choose.