Re:The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess Decompilation
by charcircuit on Saturday November 25, 2023 @03:35AM
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The game is a copyrighted work, but so is the source code. The compiled code is a derivative work, and so is the decompiled code. Nintendo is not selling the source code, so arguing about sales in the market does not makes sense.
Re:The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess Decompilation
by EMIRELADERO on Saturday November 25, 2023 @03:17PM
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The fair use analysis is done on the work as a whole, the Zelda game that's registered on the Copyright Office. Not the code only.
A big part of fair use analysis is in the effect on the market for the original work. If people have to obtain a copy to even use the project in any interactable way, the effect is either none (if we suppose every user of the project gets their original copy illegaly) or positive/benefitial to the copyright holder (if it makes those users actually buy legit copies)