While the authors have said they're doing their best to avoid stepping into any illegal areas, we all know full well that any day soon these poor guys will most certainly be getting a nicely worded email from Nintendo's favourite law firm asking them to "Can the project or face the consequences!".
I don't think you can find a loophole that gets around this being a pretty monumental piece of infringement. I'm going to wager not just copyright infringement, but also trademark infringement as well.
Sadly it'll be dead within a few weeks (Score:3, Informative)
While the authors have said they're doing their best to avoid stepping into any illegal areas, we all know full well that any day soon these poor guys will most certainly be getting a nicely worded email from Nintendo's favourite law firm asking them to "Can the project or face the consequences!".
Re:Sadly it'll be dead within a few weeks (Score:2)
I don't think you can find a loophole that gets around this being a pretty monumental piece of infringement. I'm going to wager not just copyright infringement, but also trademark infringement as well.