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 of how this could actually be implemented?
@wiki_me @vk6flab Yes, I created the DFSG and then made it the OSD. Please read the text at https://perens.com/static/DEVELOPMENT_LICENSE.txt?v=2004_04_01 , specificially the definition of YOU. It sounds like I should add _owners_ to YOU as well as _ownership_.
@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.
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@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.
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@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