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CTDummy@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
And I’m not under NDA. I have signed no contracts, made no verbal agreements; I haven’t even clicked through a EULA. This message does pop up when I launch Deadlock, but I didn’t click OK; instead, I hit the Escape key and watched it disappear.
I’m not a lawyer but I sure hope the writer of this checked with a lawyer before posting because that does not sound right.
GammaGames@beehaw.org 5 weeks ago
powerofm@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
Looks like anyone who has access can invite their steam friends, so I guess it’s like closed beta? Seems weird to have something soft-launch with zero announcements. The design also looks very rudimentary. Im
CTDummy@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
I’m- RIP. Taken out by Valve legal team already, everyone bail.
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 5 weeks ago
Usually the first line in these agreements is “by using this software you agree…”
Though I also am not sure how that itself would hold up in court.
Nilz@sopuli.xyz 5 weeks ago
Didn’t we reach a point where EULAs are non-enforcable? Or is that just in the EU? But regardless, Valve can just ban you and good luck doing anything about it.
HKayn@dormi.zone 5 weeks ago
Certain clauses may be unenforceable, but not the entire EULA.
CTDummy@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
I’ll have to see if I’ve got a copy of an NDA I signed for play testing but that’s what I would have thought. It would be provisional on your participation not on an agreement like old school EULAs. As someone else pointed out it seems to be in closed beta or some form of early access, so maybe Valve won’t care and it won’t come back on them.
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 5 weeks ago
At best they ignore it. At worst, they never invite the user to test anything again. I doubt they’d issue an account ban for that. Not even sure if they can straight up ban you from the platform anyway and lock you out of your games entirely; pretty sure the bans are limited to VAC secured servers for online play and the array of community features like posting on the forums.