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[–] bluGill@fedia.io 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

The code should go into escrow when the first game is sold. This is standard practice in industry - you don't buy something without assurance that if the company goes under you have options.

[–] FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 1 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

This is standard practice in industry - you don’t buy something without assurance that if the company goes under you have options.

Which industries is this standard in? I can't think of any. If Samsung went bankrupt who is replacing your S25 Ultra?

[–] bluGill@fedia.io 1 points 2 hours ago

Consumer devices are not industry. they almost never get that treatment.

[–] scintilla@crust.piefed.social 4 points 4 hours ago

I think they mean in like B2B. Like if you buy of piece of software x thousand times with y years of support it's standard practice to have a contract that covers what happens if the company goes under while you still have years of support.