Navagon: GOG would mostly be working with the source code. Which wouldn't include any form of security measure, including disc checks. They do a lot of the programming work themselves to get titles working on modern versions of Windows, so removing copy protection (where necessary and with consent) wouldn't be any more a problem for them than it is for the pirates.

Hipshot: Does Gog only handle games - that have been officially patched to work w/o a disc, never needed to have the disc in, or can be mounted in DOSBox?
Then, some games like (uh perhaps) Nox (don't remember how that was with the disc)... would never be seen here?
Cause the Gog team won't use or allowed to use externally developed no-cd cracks, right?
And for most parts I guess the original developers won't have that much interests in making a nocd patch for a game that is, well, very old.

Lone3wolf: Except we can pretty much count on gog games not having nasty little payloads inside, like with pirate-versions ;)

Navagon: I wasn't advocating piracy. The OP brought it up, so I addressed it in that manner.
Although it's worth pointing out that 'dirty' pirated copies are often unofficially released by the publisher. Cracking groups have their own little sense of pride and releasing malware would kill their much valued reputation.

Hipshot: Does Gog only handle games - that have been officially patched to work w/o a disc, never needed to have the disc in, or can be mounted in DOSBox?
Then, some games like (uh perhaps) Nox (don't remember how that was with the disc)... would never be seen here?
Cause the Gog team won't use or allowed to use externally developed no-cd cracks, right?
And for most parts I guess the original developers won't have that much interests in making a nocd patch for a game that is, well, very old.

captfitz: GOG creates the nocd functionality. They have programmers that make a new .exe and a new installation for each game.

Lone3wolf: Gog for World President!!

cogadh: Not necessarily true. Some games require more "love" than others before GOG sells them, but GOG does not create a brand new executable for every single game they sell (they do create custom installers for all the games though). Sometimes all they do is create a custom config for DOSBox and provide the game as it originally was, other times they have created a modified launcher that uses the same original .exe, still other times publishers/devs have provided them with executables that have already had the DRM removed. Basically, it is different for every game and totally depends on what is required for that particular game to run DRM free.