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Re:Xbox and Windows NT 3.5 source code leaks online by badRNG on Thursday May 21, 2020 @09:25AM (#23258017)
> an emulator is legal as long as it's a clean-room implementation

And this is why it is often done on completely legitimate open source projects, and many projects don't shy away from doing so. Wine, ReactOS, and many more regularly do so completely legally.

(of course there was that thing in '06... https://www.linux.com/news/reactos-suspends-development-sour...)

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Re:Xbox and Windows NT 3.5 source code leaks online by woodrowbarlow on Thursday May 21, 2020 @12:50PM (#23260890)
that reactOS kerfuffle is just one of many, many examples of how a tainted clean-room design can completely derail an open-source project, and most stories have a nastier ending than that one.

the dolphin emulator team (gamecube/wii emulator) made a statement on the nintendo leaks:

https://twitter.com/Dolphin_Emu/status/1257051968045899776

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