simple@lemm.ee to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoGame Freak has been allegedly hacked, with source codes for Pokemon games reportedly leakedgbatemp.netexternal-linkmessage-square187fedilinkarrow-up1753arrow-down14
arrow-up1749arrow-down1external-linkGame Freak has been allegedly hacked, with source codes for Pokemon games reportedly leakedgbatemp.netsimple@lemm.ee to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square187fedilink
minus-squareatocci@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoThey can’t use this code at all, it would be a surefire way to get the project shut down. Reverse engineering is the only way to operate something like that legally.
minus-squareCroquette@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoThey can see how it’s done and code their own thing. They don’t have to cut and paste the code, just know how its done.
minus-squareAlotOfReading@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoCleanroom RE is how you prove that’s what you did to a court. The point is to avoid into a courtroom with Nintendo at all, making the point moot.
They can’t use this code at all, it would be a surefire way to get the project shut down. Reverse engineering is the only way to operate something like that legally.
They can see how it’s done and code their own thing. They don’t have to cut and paste the code, just know how its done.
Cleanroom RE is how you prove that’s what you did to a court. The point is to avoid into a courtroom with Nintendo at all, making the point moot.