TL;DR: The Homebrew Channel, essential for running custom Wii software, has ceased development due to potential copyright infringement involving stolen Nintendo SDK and RTEMS code within its core ...

I don't do Wii Homebrew/emulator stuff at all, but this is a terrible blow for the community. Seems like libogc that they depend on has stolen code directly from Nintendo SDK and RTEMS threading/os.

With each new game console, there’s an effort to get around whatever restrictions exist to run your own software on it. In the case of the Nintendo Wii, the system was cracked through one of its most ...