timppu: [...] GOG can't just e.g. take those aforementioned games and start hosting them, but they'd probably have to agree about it with the original authors. Not sure how that works with open source games, could GOG start hosting them and maybe even start charging money for them, or at least add advertisements to them to make some extra revenue?
Links: In the particular case of OpenTTD, and any GPL licensed software, there is absolutely no need to come to any agreement with the authors to distribute it, and the license allows to charge a fee for the physical act of transferring the copy.
Of course, if the software is available from other places, cost free, why would anyone pay GOG for the download? And additionally, anyone that did pay GOG is entitled to distribute a copy to anyone they want.
So, yeah... there is little point for any open source game to end up on GOG, least it be used as a marketing tool like the freeware games that are already available. Which in my opinion they do not use enough or properly even in that regard.
cause they want to see it in their collection, yeah the same people who hate galaxy and drm ... makes no sense
