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The court ordered Frogwares to deliver the sources in October with 50k euros of penalty per day not shipping them. Frogwares did not deliver anything. As an Iri
by batmansmk 6y ago
The court ordered Frogwares to deliver the sources in October with 50k euros of penalty per day not shipping them. Frogwares did not deliver anything.
As an Irish company with offices in Ukraine having to settle against a french publisher paying taxes in France, low standing in court (several lawsuits) and not having executed previous court orders, it sounds harder from my point of view. I can imagine a world where they even end up having to pay for the hacking cost as well.
- avereveard 6y agowas the original contract ever produced or available? > to deliver the sources this seems weird, since one party is telling the world from their blog the source transfer was never part of the agreement
- grumple 6y agoSeems kinda weird. I wonder if Frogwares could sue in a US court? Both companies probably do the bulk of their business in the US and are selling through US-based stores.
- Daho0n 6y agoWhy? It's not any better than where they are now. If anything US court will drag it our even longer. Also Frogware already lost.
- niea_11 6y agoI don't think the court ordered them to deliver the source code. I didn't read the full decision linked by @ernesth, but this part says that they have to deliver two "masters", one drm free and one for Steam. Sur la livraison des formats manquants : — ordonner à Frogwares Ireland de lui livrer les deux masters du jeu 'The Sinking city’ sur format PC DRM Free et Steam sous astreinte de 50.000 euros par jour de retard à compter du 5 ème jour suivant la notification par e-mail de la décision à intervenir I think the meaning of master in this case is Gold Master : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_release_life_cycle#RTM https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_release_life_cycle#RT...