doomicle: Nobody posting in this thread knew that DRM has no definition, that's why it took so long for anyone to point it out.
JMich: First of all, I posted the fact that there's no definition on the day you started the thread.
Post 12 to be exact.
Secondly, who said GOG doesn't define DRM-free for the games they sell? To quote them
What does it mean that games on GOG.com are DRM-free?
It basically means that you actually own the games bought at GOG.com. Once you download a game, you can install it on any computer and re-download it whenever you want, as many times as you need.
JMich:
So what's with this DRM thing?
DRM or Digital Rights Management is a kind of copy protection technology used by many companies to limit the usage of digital media. Although designed to stop pirates from creating illegal copies, in reality the only people who are hurt are the legitimate consumers, stripped of their fair use rights, such as the ability to make backup copies.
We believe that a DRM-free world would be a better place and that's why you won't find any DRMs or other intrusive copy protection in items available at GOG.com. This applies to both games and movies.
JMich: So, while there isn't a legal definition of DRM, GOG does define what
they mean by both DRM and DRM-Free. Their definition of DRM-Free makes no mention of multiplayer, though their definition of DRM is vague as hell.
Yep I missed your original post, as it was in the middle of a whole load of posts from others, so I didn't respond to what you said until I noticed your second post.
There's lots of things GOG could do to change the situation around the DRM issues, like post more clear info about what they mean by DRM, or sell games with DRM allong side the games without DRM.
As someone said earlier, that's up to them to decide. But it's somewhat disapointing to see not just what GOG's situation with DRM is, but also that DRM isn't even defined and regulated well in relation to digital products elsewhere. It seems like it's a hot potato that regulators wouldn't be able to establish a position on, as doing so would move the world closer to deciding weather to ban it, and there are strong cases for and against.