Wii Homebrew Channel development shuts down over ‘stolen’ code

It could make it harder to load software on future hacked Wiis.

It could make it harder to load software on future hacked Wiis.

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The GitHub repository for The Homebrew Channel (HBC), a popular piece of software used on hacked Nintendo Wiis, has been archived. Its maintainers are accusing the creators of “libogc,” a software toolkit HBC relies on, of stealing both Nintendo-made and open-source code and presenting it as their own, according to a ReadMe posted to the repository yesterday by hacking group fail0verflow.

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