Relating to section "5. Collection of Information"


Does this impact any non-Galaxy downloaded GOG games?


If so, how does it impact any systems the games are installed on?


If anyone can shed some light into this, would appreciate it. I use GOG for the very reason of avoiding any form of information collection or the game install at least makes it "optional" and not "mandatory".


Thanks!


P.S. Are there any other publishers with EULA like this? (I never gave it a second thought when buying games until a couple days ago when I got curious and read one. That's how much trust I have in GOG lol)

Yes. The impact of giving someone permission to spy on you is that they get your permission to spy on you.

Does that answer your question? "Systems" aren't really a part of the agreement. Like this? There are EULAS, yes. Different publishers have different EULAs.

What I meant was similar to section "5. Gathering of Information".

My main concern was if installling the game meant the publisher would be collecting system, browser or other information either during startup, during game or when the game is not running. I just wish the EULA was a bit more clear on GOG versions, though I see the EULA was last updated 11-08-2016.

Ok, I don't know if others have similar sections because I don't read EULAs, they are bullshit. Well, the EULA is there so that you can (merely) grant them the permission to do that. Notice they use the word may. Whether they actually do it or not is a different story altogether. Unfortunately the EULA forbids reverse engineering so we aren't allowed to study these programs and find out what they do. On a related note, GOG forbids mods and cheats too, among a bunch of other fun/interesting/useful things. Did I mention bullshit yet? Unless otherwise is stated, you should assume that an EULA applies to any version of the game. Neither GOG nor the EULA itself are stating that it only applies to some specific version.

I guess that answers some things. I guess or hope Norton or Windows blocks any internet activities related to EULA. I suppose it's already too late to worry since I've already agreed to EULAs during installation of several GOG games lol.

I just don't like the fact it almost feels like DRM, even though I'm sure it's not.....

The best way of dealing with in-game telemetry (allowed by GOG because "it's not DRM") is to run a white-list based firewall (block all by default, allow by exception) rather than the Windows default opposite (allow all by default, block by exception). There are a number of games especially Unity Engine that want to talk to the web. A proper firewall will block the lot.

That's good info to know, I'll definitely look into the firewall settings. In an ideal world it would be nice to "Opt In" instead of having to Opt out or find a work around, though I understand sometimes it's done to protect the user.