The EULA that accompanies delisted Ubisoft games requires players to destroy their purchases. Stop Killing Games is fighting to keep titles working after companies abandon them. A major representative for EU publishers opposes solutions like support for third-party servers.
IANAL but wasn’t that text just some “standard” legalese relating to the way they license software and it was basically unenforceable anyway? I know it’s cool to pick on ubisoft for being a shit company, but BG3 had a similar requirement in the game’s EULA:
Same for GOG iirc, but I’m too lazy to search.
Isn’t the conditions quite different, from your screenshot, you get to devices if you want to terminate. But in the other case, they decide.
Gog doesn’t have this. They specifically market it that you get to download a binary install and keep the game forever.
yes but there’s still a EULA you agree to about redistribution and how you’re allowed to use the software etc…even FOSS software has licenses. if there’s terms in there about being able to back out of the agreement, i’d imagine there would be a clause about destroying copies of the software
that all seems very reasonable
This being “standard legalese” sounds fine to you?
Yep I believe that’s what this is. I’ve seen clauses like this in other stuff too. Pretty boiler plate. Not like they can actually enforce it.
Then why the fuck did they write it?
It’s why no legitimate site is reporting this, because it’s nonsense rage bait.
That’s saying that if YOU stop the agreement, you have to delete the game though.
I read it the same way you did. If you want to terminate the EULA, then they request you remove your copies of the game. In that snippet it says nothing about them arbitrary demand you delete all your copies.
Exactly this. And it’s kind of logical actually, when you go crazy like writing Larian “fuck this shit I hate the game, you can shove it up your ass” it’s no surprise you’re fed up with the game and don’t want to have it anymore. It’s like when you literally destroyed diskette/CD/DVD back then in a rage (or fighting addiction).
That’s one way to tell everyone that you didn’t understand the comment.
Care to explain then?
I didn’t want to dig out the EULA for more context of that snippet.
I can’t find it on GOG’s but I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s in most EULAs. I’ve seen emails saying “confidential, if you are not the intended recipient of this email you must delete it.” There’s no way to enforce that. Ubisoft isn’t coming to your house to review the contents of your drives. I’m guessing it’s to stop some loophole like “you said I can’t resell your game so instead I sold my hard drive (that has the game installed on it)”.
Nice observation. Nonetheless it is wrong in any circumstance.