First Steam clarifies: "all you get is a license [which potentially can be revoked]"'
Then GOG adds on their site: "you get and can keep the code"
Well played, GOG.
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Christian Horn (globalc@chaos.social)'s status on Saturday, 26-Oct-2024 11:14:33 JST Christian Horn
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翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Monday, 13-Jan-2025 23:09:45 JST 翠星石
@globalc gog doesn't give you the code.
They give you proprietary software installers that will probably continue to work for the near future, but really aren't guaranteed to keep working on future computers, as you don't have the source code.