nanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 17 hours agoGOG: 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.comexternal-linkmessage-square52fedilinkarrow-up1455arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1450arrow-down1external-linkGOG: 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.comnanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 17 hours agomessage-square52fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareTheEntity@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·10 hours agoHow does an offline installer from GOG differ from the offline installer provided on a CD/DVD?
minus-squareRekorse@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 hours agoThe 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.
How does an offline installer from GOG differ from the offline installer provided on a CD/DVD?
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.