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0 pointsscrollaway8y ago0 comments

I can't make you a legal guarantee of that, but Blizzard will not destroy the copy. It seems unlikely they'll release it any time soon given SC Remastered, but they're not idiots.

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jpgvm8y ago

Removing from circulation permanently is basically the same as destruction for the purposes of archival.

scrollawayOP8y ago

I highly doubt it's going to be removed from circulation forever. My guess is it'll be archived internally, the disc itself will end up in their campus museum, and at some point legal will sign off on releasing it to the public.

SC1 is coming up on its 20th anniversary next year, who knows what they'll do for the occasion.

acuozzo8y ago

> I highly doubt it's going to be removed from circulation forever.

Agreed, but sometimes…

Shit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1937_Fox_vault_fire

Happens: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967_MGM_vault_fire

Preservation requires distribution.

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jrimbault8y ago

More likely imo, someone will be charged with archiving it inside Blizzard and on their internal repos.

jpgvm8y ago

Blizzard already has the source code, in fact it's actively being extended as part of a HD remaster right now.

I have no doubt they are very happy to have the original copy back, it probably means quite a lot of the original developers and I would never dream of keeping it from them had it been up to me.

I would definitely hope they keep the hard copy somewhere safe but history hasn't been kind to game source code.

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jpgvm8y ago

Removing from circulation permanently is basically the same as destruction for the purposes of archival.

scrollawayOP8y ago

SC1 is coming up on its 20th anniversary next year, who knows what they'll do for the occasion.

acuozzo8y ago

> I highly doubt it's going to be removed from circulation forever.

Agreed, but sometimes…

Shit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1937_Fox_vault_fire

Happens: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967_MGM_vault_fire

Preservation requires distribution.

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jrimbault8y ago

More likely imo, someone will be charged with archiving it inside Blizzard and on their internal repos.

jpgvm8y ago

Blizzard already has the source code, in fact it's actively being extended as part of a HD remaster right now.

I have no doubt they are very happy to have the original copy back, it probably means quite a lot of the original developers and I would never dream of keeping it from them had it been up to me.

I would definitely hope they keep the hard copy somewhere safe but history hasn't been kind to game source code.

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