Posted November 10, 2017
greeklover: Ok, this is being put on hold.
By the way, this is a very specific case of "transferring account" so it would be helpful if we had a specific answer from itch.io. No money was used to build this account, all the games were added for free.
I'm sure that unofficially all these companies accept that accounts are shared/transferrred between family members/friends, it's part of the game and they can't fight against it. They just don't make it official because that would allow a market for buying/selling accounts which would reduce their earnings.
elcook: All right people, I received a reply from itch.io support. And what is even better, there is a solution for this situation that should work best and the giveaway can happen. By the way, this is a very specific case of "transferring account" so it would be helpful if we had a specific answer from itch.io. No money was used to build this account, all the games were added for free.
I'm sure that unofficially all these companies accept that accounts are shared/transferrred between family members/friends, it's part of the game and they can't fight against it. They just don't make it official because that would allow a market for buying/selling accounts which would reduce their earnings.
Itch.io's support can handle transfers of both games and purchases between accounts - there is the consent of both account holders required to do this. So I'd suggest to transfer games from greeklover's account to the winner of this giveaway account via itch.io support.
Also, totally agree with MarkoH01, please let's not turn this thread (or any other on GOG forums) to a political debate - it's for the sanity of all of us ;)