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[–] onlinepersona -5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 43 points 3 months ago (1 children)

They don't own the game that they made

[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 months ago

And sometimes even if you own the game it uses some licensed software that prevents you from releasing it without going through every single line and scrubbing every reference.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago

Maybe they can "accidentally" leak it?