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		ars on May 15, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Nearly all Nintendo 64 games can now be recompiled... It's legal if the recipient owns the game, it would be covered under fair use for compatibility purposes.

ldjb on May 15, 2024 [–]

Note that this is not true in many jurisdictions.

Hamuko on May 16, 2024 | [–]

Is it in any? Because I don't think just adding a "You need to own the game to download this binary" text to your GitHub repo is going to do a lot legally.

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