Comment by conradev

Comment by conradev 7 hours ago

  So long as the specific code used to implement a method is different, anyone is free under the Copyright Act to write his or her own code to carry out exactly the same function or specification of any methods used in the Java API. It does not matter that the declaration or method header lines are identical.

Emulators often require handling copyrighted materials like games or firmware, whereas APIs are not copyrightable.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_LLC_v._Oracle_America...

LocalH 4 hours ago

The NES itself contains no code. Any NES emulator that ships with no software, or software under proper license (such as homebrew) is unambiguously legal. Does your PC, and the OS that drives it, suddenly become inherently illegal if you, as a user, installed pirated software? No, of course not.

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pbhjpbhj 4 hours ago

No firmware, no microcode? It's all completely hard-wired?
(Genuine question, I've no idea what chips it uses or anything - was never rich enough to have a game console until I started work myself.)

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- ronsor 2 hours ago
  
  No firmware, no microcode. The NES uses an old 8-bit CPU and a few custom chips; at the time, including firmware would've been too costly (think of the RAM and ROM!).
  
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