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Re:Nearly all Nintendo 64 games can now be recompiled into n... by ars on Wednesday May 15, 2024 @05:57PM (#40372909)
It's legal if the recipient owns the game, it would be covered under fair use for compatibility purposes.
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Re:Nearly all Nintendo 64 games can now be recompiled into n... by ldjb on Wednesday May 15, 2024 @07:07PM (#40373448)
Note that this is not true in many jurisdictions.
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Re:Nearly all Nintendo 64 games can now be recompiled into n... by Hamuko on Thursday May 16, 2024 @01:13AM (#40375404)
Is it in any? Because I don't think just adding a "You need to own the game to download this binary" text to your GitHub repo is going to do a lot legally.
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