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This would be a way better outcome than the current default. I've even seen this suggested before [1]. If game-specific logic is not public, information needed
by JacobKfromIRC 4mo ago
This would be a way better outcome than the current default. I've even seen this suggested before [1].
If game-specific logic is not public, information needed for reverse engineering could be completely missing, but if game-specific logic is available plus the names of the missing libraries, reconstruction of the game should be possible eventually.
[1] https://drewdevault.com/blog/Open-sourcing-video-games/ https://drewdevault.com/blog/Open-sourcing-video-games/ (See "What if I don’t completely own my game?")
- account42 4mo agoYes, partial source is still very useful. I don't think the law should allow for it though as companies could intentionally put as much as possible into "proprietary" libraries that they conveniently only license for binary distribution from a totally unrelated company that for no reason at all is owned by the same stakeholders. Much better to just require everything to be there and then have the industry adapt.