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Posted October 01, 2020
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[This is a sticky post, it will be visible in every single page of this thread. It has been published in October 2020.]

Our moderation team decided not to take a side in the discussion since this giveaway thread was created by the community and, as long as there are no forum rules violated, is up to you, dear Gogers, to decide its fate. We will not set giveaway rules, edit the OP's post, nor lock the whole thread.

However, to make it easier for newcomers to understand the situation (about the OP being inactive and other), I will stick my own post right above the first one.

You are, of course, free to create new threads to start anew and make your own, clear rules. At the same time, please stay reasonable when crating them, as multiple new duplicates might make it even more confusing for many Gogers.

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At the time of writing, open giveaway threads are:
- Massive Giveaways Blog
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Be nice to each other *flies away*
Post edited January 29, 2021 by ponczo_
Posted December 26, 2015
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mvscot: I like to think I'm "correct" rather than "rigid'... I may or may not choose to buy a game which has easily-bypassed DRM. but I'm not calling it DRM-free.
Delivery, installation, execution. GOG has DRM'd delivery (you need to authenticate to download the installers), DRM-Free installation and DRM Free execution. The specific GGotD has DRM-Free delivery (anyone can download the installer), DRM'd installation and DRM-Free execution.

Then you have Galaxy. Galaxy has DRM'd Delivery/Installation and DRM-Free execution, but it's the same game that you can get from the browser, that has DRM-Free installation. So, if authentication of the installation part isn't required to call a game DRM-Free, GGotD has DRM-Free games, and if authentication of the installation means the game is DRM'd, the same GOG game can be both DRM'd and DRM-Free, depending on whether you use Galaxy or not.

Semantics. Ain't they fun?
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mvscot: If the installer uses DRM, it's not DRM-free, period.
See above. That means that a GOG game is not DRM-Free if you use Galaxy to install it, even though the files are exactly the same.
Post edited December 26, 2015 by JMich
Posted December 26, 2015
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mvscot: EDIT: in particular, if a DRM-free installer is wrapped in DRM, it's still DRM-laden.
Yes, that's true, but it's also true that installer is DRM-Free.
Posted December 26, 2015
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gixgox: Giveaway of the Day - Demon Hunter: Chronicles from Beyond – Collector`s Edition

The game is DRM free after you have activated it today.
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mvscot: So, if I install and activate it today, then uninstall it, it won't try to re-activate and fail when I try to install it tomorrow?
Okay, I haven't yet installed today's giveaway because I own it already, so I can only speak about the usual way how Immanita games and Alawar games from GGOTD work. These games are (mostly?) free standing. You unpack them to a folder of your choice and then you can do whatever you like with them - after the activation.

When you unzip, and activate it during the GGOTD period, you can indeed take it to your other computers or reinstall it next week.
You just have to copy and paste the folder with this game. The original zip you got from GGOTD won't work later, but the game doesn't have any restriction after the initial activation.
You can delete the zip file you downloaded on the giveaway day, that file is obsolete afterwards.
I don't see where there is any kind of "crack". Some game publishers don't care about the GGOTD wrapper/DRM; the games we get from them are often old and even distributed through those ad-ware sites like MyPlayCity.

Playrix and maybe other games need an installation and are not free standing.
Posted December 26, 2015
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gixgox: Okay, I haven't yet installed today's giveaway because I own it already, so I can only speak about the usual way how Immanita games and Alawar games from GGOTD work. These games are (mostly?) free standing. You unpack them to a folder of your choice and then you can do whatever you like with them - after the activation.
So, the installed games may or may not be accidentally portable (depends on things like the installer setting up the registry, etc.), but this game is not DRM-free in any shape or form, you have to work around the DRM (i.e. "de-bone it" ;-) ).
Post edited December 26, 2015 by mvscot
Posted December 26, 2015
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mvscot: So, the installed games may or may not be accidentally portable (depends on things like the installer setting up the registry, etc.), but this game is not DRM-free in any shape or form, you have to work around the DRM (i.e. "de-bone it" ;-) ).
No, as I said multiple times, game is always DRM-Free, "container" (wrapper) which holds the installer is not. Basically, activation is tied to wrapper, not the installer. So game once installed is DRM-Free, that's what we all trying to say.
Posted December 26, 2015
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triock: No, as I said multiple times, game is always DRM-Free, "container" (wrapper) which holds the installer is not. Basically, activation is tied to wrapper, not the installer. So game once installed is DRM-Free, that's what we all trying to say.
And that's what I'll continue to disagree with: DRM-free + DRM = DRM.
Post edited December 26, 2015 by mvscot
Posted December 26, 2015
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mvscot: And that's what I'll continue to disagree with: DRM-free + DRM = DRM. The unwrapped installer is not readily available
Yes, but in case of portable versions, there are no installers.
Again, no one said there's absolutely no DRM involved in the whole process (unlike on GOG), the wrapper contains DRM and if you're not ok with this, no one is forcing you to use it, but it won't change the fact that the game itself is DRM-Free - no activation, no client, no crack, etc...
Post edited December 26, 2015 by triock
Posted December 26, 2015
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triock: Yes, but in case of portable versions, there are no installers.
The game we're talking about has an installer (actually two installers, with a DRM-wrapper and no easy way to get at the original one).

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triock: Again, no one said there's absolutely no DRM involved in the whole process (unlike on GOG), the wrapper contains DRM and if you're not ok with this, no one is forcing you to use it, but it won't change the fact that the game itself is DRM-Free - no activation, no client, no crack, etc...
No, the game is a DRM-wrapped game which may or not happen to be portable once installed. Unless I can have the original DRM-free installer, it's DRM-laden and must not be described as DRM-free.

EDIT: I would have no problem if the original poster had explained that this game has a DRM wrapper, had confirmed that it was portable once installed, and briefly described what to do to archive the game (probably counts as a DMCA violation if he cares about that), without claiming it was DRM-free.
Post edited December 26, 2015 by mvscot
Posted December 26, 2015
Oh, yes, I understand, too much plum pudding can cause a terrible hangover.
Posted December 26, 2015
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mvscot: The game we're talking about has an installer (actually two installers, with a DRM-wrapper and no easy way to get at the original one).
I was talking in general.

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triock: No, the game is a DRM-wrapped game which may or not happen to be portable once installed. Unless I can have the original DRM-free installer, it's DRM-laden and must not be described as DRM-free.
That's your definition of DRM-Free (but as I said, there's no installer in case of portable games), but all games from GGOTD once installed are no different from installed GOG games, so if anyone describe them as DRM-Free, I'm totally ok with this. You may disagree, but you have no right to tell the others how should they describe it.
Posted December 26, 2015
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Posted December 26, 2015
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Posted December 27, 2015
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CloudUchiha: Claim a Steam key for on [url=http://www.dlh.net/en/steam-keys.html]dlh.net
Thank you! Got it. It has been a time since i played a fighyting racing game.
Posted December 27, 2015
Giveaway of the Day - Living Legends: Frozen Beauty
December 27, 2015

The Queen has chosen your sister as her successor, but are her promises too good to be true? You were only six when your mother vanished, leaving you to care for your younger sister, Elizabeth. After she receives an invitation naming her as the Queen’s successor, she pleads with you to join her in her new royal life. All she has to do is pass a simple test to prove her worth. Is this too good to be true, or is your luck finally changing? There are many secrets awaiting you in the Queen’s castle, but the biggest dangers lie beneath the icy mountain passes in Living Legends: Frozen Beauty, a chilling Hidden-Object Adventure game.
It's a Playrix game, that means it's not portable after installation.
Posted December 27, 2015
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