California bill would require patches or refunds when online games shut down

Re:California bill would require patches or refunds when onl... by wsve on Saturday May 16, 2026 @04:40AM (#48158179)

But what commercial software licenses are you using to write backend server architecture for a video game? There's no need for a dependency on FMOD or anything (unless you're doing something very unusual)

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Re:California bill would require patches or refunds when onl... by rahkiin on Saturday May 16, 2026 @12:31PM (#48161630)

Big AAA games have access to Unreal or Unity code and they change the code to fit their needs. They are not able to share the Unity/Unreal code

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Re:California bill would require patches or refunds when onl... by account42 on Tuesday May 19, 2026 @05:22AM (#48191112)

They are not able to share that code now because licensing the code in a way that it cannot be shared is currently a viable business model for Unreal and Unity - that would change with the proposed law and the middle ware providers will be forced to adopt different terms if they want to continue existing.

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