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WinterMute is also is not innocent, and not just by virtue of being complicit with shagkur and enabling his 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 plagiarism behavior. He, himself, was previously
[caught](https://github.com/devkitPro/libnds/commit/426a369220dcb43320e203f9087de74e43452d84#diff-f376c160388ca187fe35e962eb047fe606338869b515128a6257d3a7a6694ff0R17-R25) [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, 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. 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. 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 # The Homebrew Channel
This repository contains the public release of the source code for This repository contains the public release of the source code for