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What is the take of the Ubisoft defense force?

 

[ReyBrujo]

They should pass a copyright law that puts software/code into the public domain once it is no longer usable or accessible by license holders.

The thing is, companies actually have hundreds of different in-house libraries which they reuse when building games, even if they released the code they wouldn't release the code for those libraries so the code would not even compile. All the art, graphics and models wouldn't be released either since they can be reused somewhere else. And it would open people to build their own replacements for those libraries, eventually leading other companies to pick and release these games for their own profits (since licenses like GNU would allow you to profit from them as long as the source code is available and changes are released, and the community already did all that).

I think it's best if they release an end of life patch where they remove mandatory server communication or disabled multiplayer so that only single player mode was available, added bots if multiplayer-only so that you can play it offline, or talking from a developer point of view, release the API specification so that a minimum server could be built to make the game playable again. However, again they might be using some shared API calls that might put other current games at risk.

Before raging, know that Steam has the same policy.

 

[TGO]

Really, if that was true then didn't you say firm with this.

Ubisoft Adding Offline Modes to The Crew 2 and The Crew Motorfest, But the Original Is Gone for Good - IGN

Ubisoft is adding offline modes to both The Crew 2 and The Crew Motorfest but isn't bringing back the original game following its shutdown in March.

www.ign.com

 

[Kacho]

 

[Arachnid]

Always love seeing low effort memes that completely ignore nuance.

 

[Bond007]

Atleast if you buy physical- access or not- you own it enough to sell and get money back on it or lend/give to someone else.
Well before the time servers cease to exist.

 

[ReyBrujo]

Always love seeing low effort memes that completely ignore nuance.

Man, we are trying to make the Ubisoft Defense Force mad, SDF can chill today.

 

[San Dan Glokta]

The thing is, companies actually have hundreds of different in-house libraries which they reuse when building games, even if they released the code they wouldn't release the code for those libraries so the code would not even compile. All the art, graphics and models wouldn't be released either since they can be reused somewhere else. And it would open people to build their own replacements for those libraries, eventually leading other companies to pick and release these games for their own profits (since licenses like GNU would allow you to profit from them as long as the source code is available and changes are released, and the community already did all that).

I think it's best if they release an end of life patch where they remove mandatory server communication or disabled multiplayer so that only single player mode was available, added bots if multiplayer-only so that you can play it offline, or talking from a developer point of view, release the API specification so that a minimum server could be built to make the game playable again. However, again they might be using some shared API calls that might put other current games at risk.

Very nice points you made. I think if this was some kind of law it would be a happy medium for a lot of people.

As for the meme its about right except Gabe is a cool dude and he doesn't mind people pirating his games as much and understands and accepts people will do it at some level.

 

[Laptop1991]

And Ubisoft don't own my money any more!, so it's mutual and it seems to be going great for them lol.

 

[Lokaum D+]

dont know if real, but if true ppl still have the ability to own their game, at least on PC

Modders have won against Ubisoft, The Crew 1 has a working offline server emulator mod!