nanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 19 hours agoGOG: When we said we let you ‘own’ your games, we meant that no matter what happens you’ll still be able to play them thanks to our offline installers.x.comexternal-linkmessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up1281arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1278arrow-down1external-linkGOG: When we said we let you ‘own’ your games, we meant that no matter what happens you’ll still be able to play them thanks to our offline installers.x.comnanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 19 hours agomessage-square30fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareRekorse@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 hours agoThe license for the DVD version is with the actual disk, the license for the offline installer is with the GOG account. GOG has essentially created a way to bypass their own licenses, as a feature. And it looks like they won’t be affected by this law because of it.
minus-squareconciselyverbose@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 hour agoThey haven’t created anything. They just don’t allow games that use DRM (any kind of license check as a prerequisite to run software) on their store. Packaging a game with DRM is an extra step.
The license for the DVD version is with the actual disk, the license for the offline installer is with the GOG account.
GOG has essentially created a way to bypass their own licenses, as a feature. And it looks like they won’t be affected by this law because of it.
They haven’t created anything.
They just don’t allow games that use DRM (any kind of license check as a prerequisite to run software) on their store. Packaging a game with DRM is an extra step.