Holobrine

Is the man who usually encourages people to read things more thoroughly only forming his opinion off the front page? Well that's profoundly disappointing.

Needless to say, Jason Thor Hall of Pirate Software has been critical of Stop Killing Games. Regardless, he has also been specific in why he will not support the cause, which makes it possible for us to refine what we are calling for. Hall cites the difficulties that online only multiplayer games will have with complying with current letter of the law as written. Upon closing their servers, such games will be made immediately unplayable, which would be in violation. This would be a poor situation for those games currently in operation. The spirit of the law, however, is that these games should not become permanently unplayable. We can modify our call such that for online only multiplayer games, we stipulate that when they decide to stop maintenance, they must release usable server software under open source licenses. This will enable other entities to run their own servers, making these games playable once again. While it may require game studios to expend a little more to produce server software they feel comfortable releasing, it is still possible and will incentivize them to architect future games to make this End Of Life release easier. With this modification, the concerns of Jason Thor Hall should be sufficiently addressed. Is this something we can add to the website?