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Software Ownership Is Rotting. Can We Archive It?

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Software Ownership Is Rotting. Can We Archive It?

Post by _1tan » Tue, Jul 07, 2026, 7:52 PM UTC

Software Ownership Is Rotting. Can We Archive It?
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Re: Software Ownership Is Rotting. Can We Archive It?

Post by WCSTombs » Tue, Jul 07, 2026, 8:33 PM UTC

> The goal is to provide a public manifest and build log with every release. Using an open-source toolkit, a user should be able to independently compile the source code and generate a hash that matches the binary on their physical media bit-for-bit.

But the vast majority of games are never published as source code?

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