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by DerSaidin 582 days ago
Imagine if they added something like this to UE5 licensing:

If your game has not been updated in N years... 1) Internet Archive can distribute it for free 2) Let people distribute modified versions that does not need license key or whatever copy protection.

Harder but extra cool: To get a UE royalty discount, put source code in escrow set to release it if game not updated in N years.

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> If your game has not been updated in N years...

This would impact indie developers and small publishers more than large ones.