diff --git a/src/platform/3ds/socket.c b/src/platform/3ds/socket.c
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+/* Copyright (c) 2013-2014 Jeffrey Pfau
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+#include "util/socket.h"
+
+u32* SOCUBuffer = NULL;