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The signatures are still coming and it's already making an impact (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/games@lemmy.world
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[–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

I'm speaking from ignorance but isn't the server backend often licensed and they couldn't release it if they wanted, even as binaries? Granted, going forward they'd have to make those considerations before they accept restrictive licenses in core parts of their game. And the market for those licenses will change accordingly. So there core of your argument is correct.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Maybe so, but that's a decision they make. Surely I as customer shouldn't be taken away what i paid for because of that? And if so they should have mentioned clearly upon sale that they would take away my product after 3-4 years (though maybe that's the case in those dense ToS?) . Everything else should be considered illegal and fraudulent if they planned/knew it from the start. Which is the case if it's a licensing issue

    Besides, I'm pretty sure after those 4 years the code is outdated and they could renegotiate the license to be more open to release a binary.

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