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GOG: When we said we let you ‘own’ your games, we meant that no matter what happens you’ll still be able to play them thanks to our offline installers.(x.com)

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TheEntity@lemmy.world
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How does an offline installer from GOG differ from the offline installer provided on a CD/DVD?

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Rekorse@sh.itjust.works
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The license for the DVD version is with the actual disk, the license for the offline installer is with the GOG account.

GOG has essentially created a way to bypass their own licenses, as a feature. And it looks like they won’t be affected by this law because of it.

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conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works
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They haven’t created anything.

They just don’t allow games that use DRM (any kind of license check as a prerequisite to run software) on their store. Packaging a game with DRM is an extra step.

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Rekorse@sh.itjust.works
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DRM and licensing are separate things.

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