cormack12
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mod edit: title did not reflect the actuality of the issue. Nintendo would be in breach of EULA because of Imagineer, not the other way round
Source: https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2...ftware_on_the_eshop_by_gba_emulator_developer
Last year, Imagineer published Medarot Classics Plus on the Nintendo Switch in Japan, a selection of titles from the Medabots series, some of which were originally released on the Game Boy Advance.
As you might expect, Imagineer has used emulation to bring these titles to Switch, but it would appear that the company has failed to properly credit the author of one of the emulators used, the Game Boy Advance emulator mGBA. mGBA author endrift points to the fact that the title "contains strings matching settings names unique to [mGBA]" as evidence.
However, that's not the issue here – as the Video Game History Foundation's Frank Cifaldi states, mGBA's End User Licence Agreement allows for commercial use. The problem is that the credits for the emulator have been intentionally removed, which, according to endrift, means that Nintendo is "shipping a pirated emulator in a third party title".
How this has happened is anyone's guess, but the fact that mGBA's EULA allows for commercial usage makes the fact that Imagineer didn't approach endrift all the more baffling. The emulator's GitHub page even provides an email address for the commercial licensing of the emulator.
Source: https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2...ftware_on_the_eshop_by_gba_emulator_developer
Last year, Imagineer published Medarot Classics Plus on the Nintendo Switch in Japan, a selection of titles from the Medabots series, some of which were originally released on the Game Boy Advance.
As you might expect, Imagineer has used emulation to bring these titles to Switch, but it would appear that the company has failed to properly credit the author of one of the emulators used, the Game Boy Advance emulator mGBA. mGBA author endrift points to the fact that the title "contains strings matching settings names unique to [mGBA]" as evidence.
However, that's not the issue here – as the Video Game History Foundation's Frank Cifaldi states, mGBA's End User Licence Agreement allows for commercial use. The problem is that the credits for the emulator have been intentionally removed, which, according to endrift, means that Nintendo is "shipping a pirated emulator in a third party title".
How this has happened is anyone's guess, but the fact that mGBA's EULA allows for commercial usage makes the fact that Imagineer didn't approach endrift all the more baffling. The emulator's GitHub page even provides an email address for the commercial licensing of the emulator.
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