Sure, and they proved that they won’t respect valves wishes unless legally required to do so. Valve is now in a position where if they want to do future play tests they will have to manage NDAs for everyone which is probably more trouble than it’s worth. The general population is now less likely to get an opportunity like this because the verge wanted to get some easy clicks. It’s pathetic of them to sell us out like this.
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corbin@infosec.pub 5 weeks agoThey didn’t get an NDA.
glitches_brew@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Strykker@programming.dev 5 weeks ago
Sure they don’t have any trust from the industry anymore.
It doesn’t have to be a legal document for there to be consequences.
corbin@infosec.pub 5 weeks ago
The rest of the industry uses embargo agreements with mutual consent if they have private information. This doesn’t change anything for other game companies, unless they also want to do private-but-not-private beta tests.