Terraria is on sale and i thought i’d buy a copy for my kid brother. But then i thought i should actually read the user agreement and privacy policy before i tell him to make an account. Turns out people younger than 16 can’t own accounts, and i can’t just buy a copy for him on my account because i’m already going to buy a copy for my account (i currently have the Steam version but want the game sans DRM).
So if i want to get him this game, should i make an account in his name but keep control of it until he’s older? Is there some better legal option here?
If you want to be a goody two-shoes, buy the game, download the .exe, and “lend” it to him - never play your GOG version while he’s playing, pretend it’s a physical media you have only one copy (because that’s exactly what no-DRM means, you OWN a copy of the game, this one copy is ours to do whatever you want with it), and just keep playing your Steam version while he plays your GOG copy.
However, if you read their terms, it’s actually legal for you to keep two copies of the game - like one on the device you’re playing and another somewhere else as a backup. So you can legally lend your game and still keep a backup copy.