On a side note: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1499900830/sir-you-are-being-hunted
DRM free != Source Open :( -- Y On 9 November 2012 03:33, Zygo Blaxell <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Nov 08, 2012 at 11:36:06AM -0800, Jason Self wrote: >> > A long standing, highly respected PC gaming company. >> > Proprietary >> > DRM protections >> > Limits play to only those machines authorised by Steam. >> > DRM scheme is widely regarded as "good" by PC gamers > > The "good" part of the DRM scheme is that it's built into a hosting, > distribution and communications framework. OK, so that's really nothing > to do with the DRM at all, but some users often conflate the two as > they are (thanks to the DRM) utterly inseparable. > > Compared with _other_ game DRM schemes, Steam is very liberal in what > it permits. > > Games associated with your Steam account can be distributed on demand > to any machine you log into. I understand there are also various services > for messaging (during and between games) and comparing high scores with > your peers, although I haven't bothered much with those. > > The non-DRM parts of the Steam framework are well worth replicating > as free software, and game developers expect services like these to be > available when they choose a target platform. Leave out the DRM and add a > "fetch source for this game" button. > >> Why is any of this tolerated? > > Games are not important, and computers are cheap and available enough > to dedicate an entire disposable machine exclusively to playing them. > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) > > iEYEARECAAYFAlCcLEkACgkQgfmLGlazG5zsgQCeIEl9M/fhhnV+jY3U2tOxAOy8 > SPQAn22vxXAN0pV80VFHaPNx2EUkNTVW > =kQuG > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >
