Conina said:
BraLoD said:
Yes, GoG claims to sell you games and not licenses, and that's a way better model than Steam on PC. |
https://support.gog.com/hc/en-us/articles/212632089-GOG-User-Agreement?product=gog USING GOG SERVICES AND GOG CONTENT | | 2.1 We give you and other GOG users the personal right (known legally as a 'license') to use GOG services and to download, access and/or stream (depending on the content) and use GOG content. This license is for your personal use. We can stop or suspend this license in some situations, which are explained later on. |
10. OWNERSHIP OF GOG SERVICES AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS | 10.1 GOG services including (but not limited to) their graphics, computer code, user interface, look and feel, audio, video, text, layout, databases, data and all other content, and all legal and exploitation rights regarding them are either owned by us or we license them from third parties. GOG content is owned by its developers/publishers and licensed by us. All rights are reserved except as we have explained in this Agreement. You may not use or exploit any part of the GOG services or GOG content except as explained in this Agreement. |
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You are right, I think they can't use the term owning legally in the agreement as even physical media will still use the term licensing when selling you the game, book, etc, even as they already have used "yours" as a term in the publicity as explicity said they can't take away your games from you because you do have the offline installer and executable files, and at least that it is still claimed in the purchase step to this day, which is why I've been saying "GoG claims to sell you the game", as they did multiple times before, but yes, it's technically still a license, as physical media also is. They claim you get to keep it tho.
