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    chore: make yuzu REUSE compliant · cdb240f3
    Andrea Pappacoda authored
    [REUSE] is a specification that aims at making file copyright
    information consistent, so that it can be both human and machine
    readable. It basically requires that all files have a header containing
    copyright and licensing information. When this isn't possible, like
    when dealing with binary assets, generated files or embedded third-party
    dependencies, it is permitted to insert copyright information in the
    `.reuse/dep5` file.
    
    Oh, and it also requires that all the licenses used in the project are
    present in the `LICENSES` folder, that's why the diff is so huge.
    This can be done automatically with `reuse download --all`.
    
    The `reuse` tool also contains a handy subcommand that analyzes the
    project and tells whether or not the project is (still) compliant,
    `reuse lint`.
    
    Following REUSE has a few advantages over the current approach:
    
    - Copyright information is easy to access for users / downstream
    - Files like `dist/license.md` do not need to exist anymore, as
      `.reuse/dep5` is used instead
    - `reuse lint` makes it easy to ensure that copyright information of
      files like binary assets / images is always accurate and up to date
    
    To add copyright information of files that didn't have it I looked up
    who committed what and when, for each file. As yuzu contributors do not
    have to sign a CLA or similar I couldn't assume that copyright ownership
    was of the "yuzu Emulator Project", so I used the name and/or email of
    the commit author instead.
    
    [REUSE]: https://reuse.software
    
    Follow-up to 01cf05bc
    cdb240f3
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