The successor project “Suyu” to the Nintendo Switch emulator “Yuzu” will be removed from GitLab – Livedoor News

The successor project “Suyu'' for the Nintendo Switch emulator “Yuzu'' will be removed from GitLab

“Suyu,” which appeared as a fork of “Yuzu,” an emulator for the Nintendo Switch, for which Nintendo sued and the developer paid compensation, has been deleted from GitLab.

GitLab confirms that Suyu, a fork of the Nintendo Switch emulator Yuzu – The Verge has been removed

https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/21/24108191/gitlab-suyu-nintendo-switch-emulator-takedown

“Suyu” is a project that calls itself the successor to “Yuzu”, and the developer has clearly stated that it will not do any development or community building that infringes copyright, but it falls into a legal gray area, it is a project.

The subsequent project 'Suyu' was started using the source code of the Nintendo Switch emulator 'Yuzu', which Nintendo has sued, and measures are also being prepared to avoid lawsuits from Nintendo – GIGAZINE

Suyu was published on the repository management platform GitLab, but the page was deleted around March 22, 2024.

Suyu officials explained the reason for the deletion: “GitLab has received a DMCA notice from a representative of the rights holder” and “The GitLab account cannot be recovered unless the page is deleted.”

Below is the email that Suyu allegedly received from GitLab. “Suyu is based on Yuzu code that violates Section 1201 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Suyu, like Yuzu, is designed to circumvent intentional technological protection measures. The reason for the deletion is stated as follows: “Suyu's distribution constitutes Also illegal trade in circumvention technology.

Suyu, whose GitLab page was deleted, copied the repository to his own site, which he had set up previously. They indicated their intention to continue development.

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https://git.suyu.dev/suyu/suyu