• Hildegarde@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      I don’t think this is nintendo’s doing.

      “We have determined that you forked a public repo against which we previously received a DMCA notice.”

      From the email from gitlab, this sounds like gitlab being overly cautious and removing all forks themselves.

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      8 months ago

      Not really. They get big headlines to scare people off and make it more difficult for casual people to get started. They don’t need to make it impossible for everyone, just impractical for most.