Jinini: Im gonna go sulk now.
SultanOfSuave: Don't sulk just yet, reserve your judgement until you read the EULA for the GOG version. The agreements between Steam and a publisher and GOG and that same publisher might be different, so the license you are being sold might be meaningfully different. If you can show me where to find it, I could read it myself.
Also, I didn't really expand upon the concept of a 'license that is granted for your personal use only'
Here, look at the GOG support page:
https://support.gog.com/hc/en-us/articles/360001942753-FAQ-Downloads-and-streaming?product=gog
'Can I enjoy my purchases both on my laptop and desktop computer at home?
Yes. We do not limit the number of installations or reinstallations, as long as you install your purchased games on computers in your household. So yeah, if you've got a render-farm in the basement, you might actually break the world record for the number of legal Witcher installations in one household. However, if you think about installing your game on a friend's machine or sharing it with others then please don't do it, okay? The same principle applies to movies - you're free to watch them anywhere you want, with anyone you want, as long as you don't share them with people who haven't purchased them.'
SultanOfSuave: I've ignored most of what you said (sorry). I'm not sure how much of your response is applicable to GOG or to Steam or what, because I don't have the appropriate document in front of me.
Jinini: 'This game is licensed to you not sold' ok so I dont in any way own the GOG offline installer versions if I bought it here?!
SultanOfSuave: The point is this, with GOG the license you get is as if you purchased a physical disc: you can produce your own back-ups (for your own personal use!), install it on all of your own machines (ones that you have control over!), and play it with friends. But it's also like a physical disc game that you purchased, you don't actually own the intellectual property rights to what is on that disc, the distribution rights, or the sales rights.
You'll find these same sorts of things on the backs of physical products. It's always been this way, even with physical things that you bought and paid for, and do actually own. Here is something from the back of the closest DVD I have to hand:
'WARNING: The copyright proprietor has licensed this DVD for private home use only. All other rights are reserved. Any unauthorised copying, editing, exhibition, renting, lending [etc] is strictly prohibited.'
Oh its true the user agreement that pops up when u install the game might be different, but since I didnt buy it and have no plans to now b/c of all this from them, I cant actually show u sry:)
I was looking for something like the download and stream stuff but in the user agreement section so I didnt find it there, but thats nice to know GOG doesnt limit that!
But that would then be void if lets say this games eula on steam was the same one as in the GOG instalation process where it prohibits this, right? Then funcom terms win over GOG unless it says so explicitly when u install the game and click accept to the terms? Do I understand that right?
Its very late and im half asleep so I can prob think better in the morning again :)
