There’s often no in any way complete source code after 25 years.
Media degrade, get forgotten hell knows where, get occasionally destroyed.
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tehn00bi@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoI really feel like the source code needs to be released after 25 years. We need to be able to protect older games.
rottingleaf@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
LavenderDay3544@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
All things that can be prevented in the future if you start today.
tehn00bi@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Yeah, I know it’s a pipe dream, but really, there should be something that opens source code up. Too much company history gets lost or forgotten because people forget. Plus think about how much value you can gain as a student seeing how people accomplished things with minimal resources.
wavebeam@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I’ve been saying that we need to have a law on the books to require any online components of a game be required to have the source to those features be released upon closure of the online service. I would be fine with them then being except from any security liability for anyone who gets hacked by use of that software and even retaining ownership of the IP, so no one could sell access to the service, but being able to stand up fan-run servers for old Xbox-live games or dead MMOs more easily would be really great. I’m locked out of so many PlayStation trophies simply because online servers have been down for ages now.