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gitlab took it down not nintendo, they already have a self-hosted repo anyway, you can't kill open-source
dolphin was take down?
Dolphin was not taken down. Dolphin was not allowed to launch on Steam because Nintendo threatened Valve with a lawsuit. Regardless of the merits of the case, Valve doesn't want to pay to defend a case so they can distribute a free emulator, so they caved and blocked Dolphin's Steam release.
Nintendo claimed Dolphin violates the DMCA but have not taken any direct legal action against Dolphin as far as I am aware.
Cause dolphin ships with the decryption keys for a wii (the part yuzu makes you dump yourself)
Launching on steam didn't make distributing the key illegal. If its illegal on steam, it's illegal even when self-hosted.
Nintnedo took action because they knew they had leverage against valve.
Nothing is legal/illegal til proven in court, those willing to fight to prove legality doesnt define anything really