But even then it's astronomically unlikely to be retroactively enforced. Old games will be grandfathered in and it would apply only to future game releases.
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maxwells_daemon@lemmy.world 4 days agoIt’s one possible solution for one of the problems under the same umbrella. If you can’t or don’t want to run the servers for your online game (eg: Echo VR), just open source the server’s code and let the community keep the game running.
Goodeye8@piefed.social 4 days ago
Ledivin@lemmy.world 3 days ago
But even then it’s astronomically unlikely to be retroactively enforced
It’s not unlikely, it’s literally impossible.
null@slrpnk.net 4 days ago
You don’t need to open source the code to release the server binaries.
SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 4 days ago
But you could open source it and have the community figure it out themselves
null@slrpnk.net 4 days ago
Of course, but the point is that it isn’t a factor in Thor’s decision.