cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/18457741

I realize that, after all this time, I have never payed for my all-time favorite games I grew up playing (Fallout 3 & Skyrim). I can pay for it, but I really do not want to pay the money to the Bethesda’s marketing team, CEO, and whoever bullshit middle man who wants a cut of that. I want to give directly to the team that made the damn game, the artists, the sound designers, the voice actors, the programmers. If there was a way to do that, i’d be more happily inclined to spend my money on a decade year old game.

Just thinking

What are your ideas on how this could actually be implemented?

    • Bruce Perens K6BP@mastodon.radio
      2·
      3 months ago

      @wiki_me @vk6flab In response to your comment, I made these changes to my draft:

      2.5 YOU are:
      A) The legal entity exercising RESTRICTED RIGHTS under these terms.
      B) any other legal entities in which the entity of part A holds
      5% ownership or greater or equivalent control without ownership
      C) Any legal entity with 5% or more ownership in the entity of part A
      or equivalent control without ownership.

      (continued)

      • Bruce Perens K6BP@mastodon.radio
        2·
        3 months ago

        @wiki_me @vk6flab

        Where the above definition contains multiple legal entities, all are
        subject to these terms, including the sections regarding termination.
        [This is to avoid the situation in which a company creates a legal entity
        specifically for the purpose of entering into these terms while insulating
        the rest of the company from their effect.]

        YOUR is the possessive or adjective form of YOU.

        (continued)

        • Bruce Perens K6BP@mastodon.radio
          2·
          3 months ago

          @wiki_me @vk6flab

          …

          [3.2] a) The end-user revenue through all legal entities defined as YOU
          exceeds USD$5 Million per YEAR. …

          This has not yet been subject to legal review, and of course may change when it does.

          Thanks

          Bruce