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Portal 64 dev says “don’t be mad at Valve” for the project’s shutdown (www.pcgamesn.com)
submitted 10 months ago by nanoUFO@sh.itjust.works to c/games@sh.itjust.works
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[–] dbilitated@aussie.zone 81 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'm mad at Nintendo, apparently that's who valve is afraid of getting sued by!

still, I think while a lot of people loved watching this get built I'd be surprised if a lot of people actually played it and he said he was almost relieved - he got an amazing amount accomplished but another 2 years of work is a lot!

I'm super interested to see what he does next. Smart guy and his videos are really interesting, and a lot of people know who he is now.

[–] ceenote@lemmy.world 25 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

Can someone ELI5 how valve could possibly be sued by Nintendo? As far as I know, valve had nothing to do with the project.

[–] Ganbat@lemmyonline.com 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

In short: they can't. I mean, Nintendo could try, but it would definitely be thrown out. Valve was never directly involved in this project in any way, at least not until stepping in to shut it down. They were just concerned about their IP being in any way connected to anything unauthorized Nintendo.

[–] falkerie71@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

Even if it would get thrown out, they would still have to allocate resources to fight back, which is time and money they would rather spend on something else. I understand why they just don't want to have to deal with a potential lawsuit that may or may not come.

[–] VerseAndVermin@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

It's built using something Nintendo made. It all makes sense after watching the creators video. He outlines how the lawyers probed with questions to see if they could do it and that was the nope moment. Plus they don't have incentive to try to fight Nintendo over something that Nintendo may legitimately have reason to fuss over.

[–] Shy_high_guy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

My guess is something along the lines of violating the end user agreement of Nintendos Intellectual property the code that the N64 uses. Same reason you can't really get old ROMs of Nintendo games.

[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

Same reason you can't really get old ROMs of Nintendo games.

You're not trying hard enough

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 19 points 10 months ago

I'm more upset with how intellectual property law is applied to software. Software absolutely should not be copyrightable for over a century.

[–] paddirn@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

They were on the verge of shutting it down anyways for other reasons. By the time the Valve c&d came in, it was already a forgone conclusion.