Do you have one of these? Do you use it? I want one but I’m afraid it’s going to end up another plastic brick in a drawer.

  • Lojcs@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    How are these not getting sued? Especially the fpga must be violating some hardware patents

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      1 year ago

      Remember that one of the few positives the DMCA included was exceptions for interoperability. Also, these pieces of hardware are generally analyzed and reimplemented rather than copied - which steps outside of patents in general, as far as I know (IANAL). Many ship with roms and games included, though, which is generally not allowed in most countries.