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I think you may have misunderstood the situation I'm outlining: 1. Developer A writes some software. 2. Developer B licenses that software from Developer A, u
by duskwuff 5mo ago
I think you may have misunderstood the situation I'm outlining:
1. Developer A writes some software.
2. Developer B licenses that software from Developer A, under the terms that (for instance) it only be used internally by Developer B and not disclosed.
3. Developer B makes modifications to that software and uses it as part of the implementation of a video game server.
4. Developer B goes bankrupt.
Under this proposed law, Developer B would be obligated to release the modified software, breaching their agreement with Developer A and potentially causing them financial harm.
- circuit10 5mo agoFor new games, they would know from the beginning that they’ll need to release the server software eventually, so they wouldn’t be able to agree with those terms
- db48x 4mo agoIf the this law or something similar had been passed before step 2, then Developer B made a mistake. If the law passed after the game was released, then it doesn’t apply.