Posted December 03, 2023
The one you can feel.
Try and sell a GOG game, where you have an installer. See how you can do it without breaking the law.
Because once you have sold it, you must not be able to play it anymore.
Back in the days a licence was tied to the CD or DVD. When you gave that away, the other person owned it. Also back then there were games without copy protection, but only the CD owner was allowed to play the game.
This is not the case for the offline installers. GOG s policy is not to check if the players actually have a licence, but that's nothing more than putting faith in the players. This method is valid for both offline and online installations. The installer is also a sign of good faith, allweing you to back it up on your servers or CDs for later use. But the licence is still tied to your account. One who did not buy the game on GOG, is allowed to use the installer, but he's not allowed to play the game. They just have enough trust in us not to double check it.
We definitly should :)
But I doubt that most of us will. And this is EU law btw. Digital goods have to be tradeable the same way as tangible goods are. I don't know how it's in the US.
Try and sell a GOG game, where you have an installer. See how you can do it without breaking the law.
Because once you have sold it, you must not be able to play it anymore.
Back in the days a licence was tied to the CD or DVD. When you gave that away, the other person owned it. Also back then there were games without copy protection, but only the CD owner was allowed to play the game.
This is not the case for the offline installers. GOG s policy is not to check if the players actually have a licence, but that's nothing more than putting faith in the players. This method is valid for both offline and online installations. The installer is also a sign of good faith, allweing you to back it up on your servers or CDs for later use. But the licence is still tied to your account. One who did not buy the game on GOG, is allowed to use the installer, but he's not allowed to play the game. They just have enough trust in us not to double check it.
We definitly should :)
But I doubt that most of us will. And this is EU law btw. Digital goods have to be tradeable the same way as tangible goods are. I don't know how it's in the US.
Post edited December 03, 2023 by neumi5694