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A comment on California bill would require patches or refunds when online games shut down. Parent comment

Re:California bill would require patches or refunds when onl... by buzer on Saturday May 16, 2026 @12:21AM (#48156800)
> The game developer might not have the legal rights to release the source.

Then the game developer/publisher should choose to use another technology or be ready to replace that piece when game reaches EOL. If no game developer can use that technology, the vendor will end up loosing a lot of sales. They can then decide if more permissive license would make sense.

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Re:California bill would require patches or refunds when onl... by jayd16 on Saturday May 16, 2026 @11:30AM (#48161073)
It's just going to push all multiplayer games to be sold as a service. The users will get used to this because they basically already are used to it for every other piece of software.

There is basically zero chance that when given the choice between "structure billing as a service" vs "rewrite everything and open source it" that they will choose open source.

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