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Ross Scott Gets A Second Chance For His ‘Stop Killing Games’ Crusade (www.techdirt.com)
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[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 week ago

require devs to develop a form of their game’s source that would be publicly releasable

That's not a requirement or even expectation. The petition just requests that the game be reasonably playable after support ends, and only for people who bought it. That's it. That could mean:

  • release the server binaries so they can be self hosted
  • bake server logic into client and allow P2P play
  • for some games, merely remove the server requirement and allow single player

Or whatever other option the studio prefers. The only expectation is that the game is still playable in some meaningful fashion after support ends. How they achieve that is up to them.

For all of these options, they don't need to:

  • release source code
  • give up any IP rights
  • allow anyone who hasn't bought the game to play

The petition is intentionally vague on solutions to give publishers and studios as much choice in how they comply as possible.