Oh noes the emulators :(

[Rodimus Prime]

I know a few people who will be annoyed by this. It may even wipe their smug android smiles off their faces when they mention that iPhones are locked down and 'useless' whenever I use mine.

These emulator apps will still be available outside the android market place won't they though?

will be but the guy is going to be in the same legal problems that force Google hand.
The apps and the account were removed for trademark and Open source licencing violations.
Apparently the base of the code he was using is under an Open source licencing that require any add on and changes to be published and he was failing to do so which is in violation. of that agreement. He could in theory be sued and force to release it plus pay damages.

Add to the violating trademarks in the name put him under more threat so google was responding to those legal issues and not the emulator part.
Add to it unlike Apple with Android there are 3rd party App stores. I do not believe any one would have an issue with Apple insane blocking rules if they allowed 3rd party App stores for iOS. Then it is your store your rules. But when that is the only way on to the device it is an issue.

 

[ChazUK]

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I know a few people who will be annoyed by this. It may even wipe their smug android smiles off their faces when they mention that iPhones are locked down and 'useless' whenever I use mine.

These emulator apps will still be available outside the android market place won't they though?

The fella uploaded them all to SlideMe and has released the for free for a week to appease anyone who bought them in the past.

https://slideme.org/user/yongzh

 

[RebeccaL]

Why is this thread on Macrumors .


Anyway the news put the developer as a victim, saying he lost his only source of income. But he was plain stealing code from SNES9x and using it without permission.


I want to clarify something, SNES9X is not under the GPL, it uses a custom license that allows anyone access to the code and freedom to modify it, but it completely forbids commercial use of the code even if modifications are released. So in summary commercial use of the code without permission is ilegal.

SNES9x License: http://code.google.com/p/snes9x-ps3/source/browse/docs/snes9x-license.txt


Any appstore that sells that emulator will be in legal trouble.

 

[Rodimus Prime]

Why is this thread on Macrumors .


Anyway the news put the developer as a victim, saying he lost his only source of income. But he was plain stealing code from SNES9x and using it without permission.


I want to clarify something, SNES9X is not under the GPL, it uses a custom license that allows anyone access to the code and freedom to modify it, but it completely forbids commercial use of the code even if modifications are released. So in summary commercial use of the code without permission is ilegal.

SNES9x License: http://code.google.com/p/snes9x-ps3/source/browse/docs/snes9x-license.txt


Any appstore that sells that emulator will be in legal trouble.

We already explained that emulators are legal. Google pull them into because of trademarks and code licensing violations.