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Is your argument that companies would be forced to obey the laws if they are mandated to open source discontinued games? And it's a... bad thing?
by dudul 5mo ago
Is your argument that companies would be forced to obey the laws if they are mandated to open source discontinued games? And it's a... bad thing?
- avarun 5mo agoHuh? The point is that game developers would never be able to use commercial libraries again. Thus making all development significantly more expensive.
- wsve 5mo agoBut what commercial software licenses are you using to write backend server architecture for a video game? There's no need for a dependency on FMOD or anything (unless you're doing something very unusual)
- rahkiin 5mo agoBig AAA games have access to Unreal or Unity code and they change the code to fit their needs. They are not able to share the Unity/Unreal code
- account42 5mo agoThey are not able to share that code now because licensing the code in a way that it cannot be shared is currently a viable business model for Unreal and Unity - that would change with the proposed law and the middle ware providers will be forced to adopt different terms if they want to continue existing.
- thombat 5mo agoNot OP, but it's more the warning not to underestimate the cost required for compliance, and apprehension of this cost may deter their creation.