diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 76c1a7e..e55866b 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -66,11 +66,20 @@ open source code, and the mere action of doing so erases its original copyright. WinterMute is also is not innocent, and not just by virtue of being complicit with shagkur and enabling his plagiarism behavior. He, himself, was previously [caught](https://github.com/devkitPro/libnds/commit/426a369220dcb43320e203f9087de74e43452d84#diff-f376c160388ca187fe35e962eb047fe606338869b515128a6257d3a7a6694ff0R17-R25) -referencing the official Nintendo DS ("nitro") SDK while writing code for libnds. WinterMute has a huge +referencing the official Nintendo DS ("nitro") SDK while writing code for libnds\*. WinterMute has a huge siege mentality issue when it comes to DevkitPro, which is why nobody has been able to get through to him, as any criticism of his work or the way he manages his project has always been met with extreme hostility. This is why nothing has ever been done about these issues with the project, even after all these years. +\* Edited to note: This should not be taken to imply that any or all of libnds itself is tainted with SDK +code. The commit in question itself only adds fairly standard cache maintenance functions, and is not itself +evidence that there was substantial copying. It just reflects poorly on WinterMute that he was referencing +the leaked SDK, especially for something as trivial as this. For a more thorough take on the general +mismanagement of the devkitPro project as a whole, please read +[this](https://heyquark.com/brew/2020/07/13/leaving-devkitpro/) blog post. The stories told there track +very closely with our experience with that team way back in the Wii days, and it seems nothing has changed +nor improved after all these years. + # The Homebrew Channel This repository contains the public release of the source code for