EA says game developers can use their 'accessibility' patents with no worry of litigation

[Marzipan]

EA pledges not to sue over its accessibility patents and technologies | Engadget

EA has announced that it's making a Patents Pledge, which gives rival developers free access to any of its accessibility-related technologies..

www.engadget.com

I see this as good and bad. first, good because it helps establish a benchmark that will become familiar / easy to program / easy to use. bad...because once their tech has taken off and been adopted by the industry, they will do a 180 and then tell everyone that their tech must now be licensed.

 

[moocow]

What they say doesn't matter until each developer get to sign an EULA that also have a clause that say EA can't go back on their words. Otherwise you can't prevent them from updating the EULA and then give you 90 days to pay them.