TheTWF: "We care about Games Preservation"
GOG cannot sell games they aren’t allowed to sell, that would be, well… illegal.
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: GOG is a store, not an archive. A store’s job is to follow copyright law, respect licensing, and turn a profit. That is fundamentally incompatible with the mission of game preservation. If you actually care about preservation, you need to look to non-profit organizations dedicated to archiving games, not a commercial storefront.
That’s not to say it isn’t valuable that GOG keeps some older games alive, working on new hardware and available to buy for new audiences. It is, but that’s not really preservation, and it never will be.
TheTWF: "We care about Games Preservation"
.erercott: They don't need to be transparent. Plus, the game is also being pulled from Steam. It's very puzzling.
Most likely the license expired. It has been for sale for exactly 10 years now, so it was probably a 10 years license.