Wii Homebrew Channel development shuts down over ‘stolen’ code

The GitHub repository for The Homebrew Channel (HBC), a popular piece of software used on hacked Nintendo Wiis, has been archived.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. (Hat tip to X user OatmealDome.)

HBC is a central piece of the Wii homebrew community, serving as...