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charrondev on Jan 21, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ubisoft Says Out Loud: We Want People to Get Used ...

One issue here is that the game servers may be encumbered by 3rd party, proprietary licensed code.

The company can’t just give up functional source code if it’s built on top of some licensed tech.

account42 on Jan 22, 2024 [–]

GP did not mention source code at all.

Middleware with limited licenses is also a problem the developer chose. If there was a legal requirement to publish the code (source code escrow should be required for copyright to be enforceable IMO) then developers would take care not to fall into that trap.

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