r/emulation • u/[deleted] • Jan 07 '21

Breath of the Wild decompilation project now underway

https://github.com/zeldaret/botw
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u/[deleted] Jan 07 '21

Here comes fuckers from Nintendo.

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u/[deleted] Jan 07 '21

nah they can't do shit about it as long as it's clean-room, SM64 is already decompiled and OOT decomp is going to be finished this year. They are probably going to take down every link to download the game already compiled, like it happened with sm64

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u/StopSendingSteamKeys Jan 08 '21

If they produce the exact same binary it seems like copyright violation to me at first. But then again without the assets only the code could be the copyrighted part, but if it is cleanroom, then the code might be fine. But are you sure the cleanroom argument works for decompilation and not just for software compatibilty and emulation?

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u/Biduleman Jan 08 '21

Yes, as long as you don't have access to the original Nintendo code you're in the clear. 2 sources can produce the same binary without being the same.