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Posted December 23, 2009
I plan to buy Freespace 2, burn it to a CD, and then use it as a stocking stuffer (for my Dad). Is this a legit use of GoG?
Happy holidays!
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Would he ever need to log-in to the account play his game?
Thanks for your help, cogadh and kiva.
p.s. My Dad's on dial-up, hence the hoop jumping.
Post edited December 23, 2009 by Nimnio
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Posted December 23, 2009
Technically, no. Even though GOG is DRM free, and therefore there is nothing to really prevent you from doing that, the license agreements do state that the games that you purchase are licensed to you and you alone. The proper way to handle gifting GOG games is to use the site's own gift system, of course that requires your dad to have a GOG account.
EDIT - If you are really concerned about the legality of it, do this:
1. Create an account for your dad without telling him
2. Gift the game to your dad's account
3. Login to your dad's account, download and burn the game to disk
4. Print a CD insert telling your dad about GOG and the account you created and put it with the disk in your dad's stocking.
Post edited December 23, 2009 by cogadh
Posted December 23, 2009
Well make your dad an account with the game and hand him the info and make him change the password and email. It would be like he made the account and burned it to a cd . Maybe?
edit:cogadh edits faster than I can type :)
Post edited December 23, 2009 by kiva
Posted December 23, 2009
Would he ever need to log-in to the account to play the game?
Thanks for your help, cogadh and kiva.
Would he ever need to log-in to the account play his game?
Thanks for your help, cogadh and kiva.
p.s. My Dad's on dial-up, hence the hoop jumping.
Post edited December 23, 2009 by Nimnio
Posted December 23, 2009
Nope, that's the beauty of DRM free.
Posted December 23, 2009
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Nimnio: Would he ever need to log-in to the account to play the game?

Nope. The games here are DRM free and dont need any type of dial home check and all that nasty stuff. ;)
Posted December 23, 2009
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Posted December 23, 2009
No, there's no activation required. He'd only need to log in to re download the files, buy more games, or join in the community here.
Posted December 23, 2009
WTF, the internet is eating posts again.
Posted December 24, 2009
Yeah, I've had a several minute delay on seeing anything I post here. The forums have been slow for me since yesterday.
Posted December 24, 2009
It's important to note, that if you're gifting to anyone who lives in your house, you can just burn a CD. You've got full rights to install your games on any computers in your home.
Posted December 24, 2009
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Ois: Yeah, I've had a several minute delay on seeing anything I post here. The forums have been slow for me since yesterday.

Holiday sale. ;)
Posted December 24, 2009
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Weclock: It's important to note, that if you're gifting to anyone who lives in your house, you can just burn a CD. You've got full rights to install your games on any computers in your home.

I believe it is actually on any computers you own, not just any computer in your home. For Example, my wife has a laptop in our house that was provided to her by her employer, but is still owned by that employer. I don't think the EULA would allow me to install any of my GOG games on that machine.
Of course, this is all technically speaking. Not only is there nothing to stop me from installing a GOG game on that machine, I seriously doubt the software police are going to bust down my door if I were to do that.
Posted December 24, 2009
If it's a game you own on your own account, do the best of both worlds: Make an account for your dad, gift the game to it, then simply burn your own installer to a CD and give him that. It's DRM free, so the installer's exactly the same. It doesn't matter whether it was downloaded from his account or from yours.
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