| ▲ | duskwuff an hour ago | |
I think you may have misunderstood the situation I'm outlining: 1. Developer A writes some software. 2. Developer B licenses that software from Developer A, under the terms that (for instance) it only be used internally by Developer B and not disclosed. 3. Developer B makes modifications to that software and uses it as part of the implementation of a video game server. 4. Developer B goes bankrupt. Under this proposed law, Developer B would be obligated to release the modified software, breaching their agreement with Developer A and potentially causing them financial harm. | ||
| ▲ | circuit10 an hour ago | parent [-] | |
For new games, they would know from the beginning that they’ll need to release the server software eventually, so they wouldn’t be able to agree with those terms | ||