knollimar
Joined 1 year ago
Joined 1 year ago
Yes, but the PE's at engineering firms have the ability to say no and demand redesigns since it's their name on it, unlike programmers.
I frequently see firms design way beyond the bare minimum so that there's no question and it's an easy sign off rather than spending months on a back and forth.
Does an LLC shield this? Do you have to carry the perpetual 25% on your balance sheet indefinitely?
"The right to own games" is just an entitlement. I don't see an argument for where this originates; it's entitlement to someone else's effort, or effectively mandating only selling games with that extra effort bundled in.
I don't think it's fair to expect hobby projects or small studios to be legally obligated to carry this, and open sourcing it because you sold it once is a big jump. Not all binaries are simple to ship, either.
I'm fine with the Californian law where they mandate marking it as a license and not a purchase, but a flat fee for minimum 10 years service I think is reasonable.
And maybe a carveout if your licensing gets pulled.
I really want copyright to stay the hell out of the way of just letting players reverse engineer old games, but it's an international thing at this point