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Firek: HB codes are intended for personal use only, so I would say hog all the games.

For one thing, their offers are bundles, after all, and you wouldn't be able to get these games separately for whatever it was that you paid. To quote their FAQ: "Please consider your bundle a 'unit'."
Second... At the end of the day, "Each purchase is intended for use by one individual" is a pretty concrete message, and I'm sure its Terms of Service equivalent doesn't offer any wiggle room for exceptions.
I would like to thank GoG very much for this response
No, you shouldn't. You don't get a second copy of the game. You personally get a permission to play the game. That's what a license is. If you already have the permission, nothing happens.

I'm not interested in the games, but I have to note that even if I were, I wouldn't enter. I don't enter legit giveaways of solid money (xyem/Ian/Homer) either; I'm only interested in 1. contests and/or 2. free 3. promo codes (at least two of the three).

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I would like to join amok in thanking GOG for the response.
Post edited July 18, 2013 by Starmaker
Seems like Firek's response is pretty final. Haven't had much experience with HB so I didn't realise that part of it! Kinda hard to argue with the wording of the T&C :/
Keep the games. Humble Bundle is offering good games at a great price (at a price of your choosing, actually) and what they ask in return (apart from the little money you pay) is that you honour their request not to share the keys and treat the bundle as a unit. So even if ToS and legal questions are of no consequence to you, you might at least respect the wishes of the ones who sold you some games you wanted really cheap and DRM-free.
The whole DRM-free policy ONLY works on a code-of-honour base. Sure, you CAN give away the codes you get from Humble Bundle. But with buying there you accept their ToS and thereby promise not to hand a part of the bundle to others. Just like you CAN 'share' GoG games, but with buying here you promise not to do so. And I for one think that you should keep that promise. The only way how a DRM-free business model can work is by having honest customers who keep the agreements made with the purchase out of their own free will - and not because they are forced to by some questionable technical methods.
So if people keep splitting the Humble Bundles and handing them along, they only prove that they are not willing to abide by the agreement made (as laid out in the terms of service) and that Humble Inc. would be better off to enforce some technical limitations that prevent the splitting of bundles. I.e. DRM. In my opinion it is better if everyone plays nice. --> No DRM and responsible customers who don't break the rules requested by the seller.
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Lifthrasil: (...)The whole DRM-free policy ONLY works on a code-of-honour base.(...)
If we can keep spliting it, maybe HB will take procedures to put some DRM. It´s a trusty relation. And I indeed what Firek and Amok said.
Yay, more replies! And from the other side of the fence as well!
Thank you very much Firek & the others for providing some arguments against giving the games away!!

Now, as I said, I personally wouldn't see it as morally wrong to gift the games that I already possess, but I agree with you that the main point is that it's a bundle and that HB trusts us not to split them.
Sorry to all those that would have taken part in the giveaway, but you knew the risk ;)

If I'll ever want to gift a bundle again, I'll just gift an entire one =)

That said, I'd like to thank everybody for their contribution and now I'll end this non-giveaway :D (you can proceed with giving me -rep, now :P).
Its important to understand the issues. (this is a general answer, more to GOG/HB than you specifically or anyone else).

First, many others are incorrect over the emotional tag line that you are free to do whatever you want. You don't own the games. You bought a license to play them personally. You do NOT own the right to transfer those games in part. As explicitly stated on the HB site, if you want to gift the games, there is a gifting option that you can buy. No amount of rationalization will make giving away partial bundles right.

Second, you need to consider who has what to lose in an argument. Of course its ok to give us free stuff that we want. Go ahead! ;)

Third, as I mentioned in another thread, GOG is all about convincing other companies that DRM-free is the way to go. How does it look that on its own forums, people are violating the agreements? They are giving away things they don't have the rights to give away, which is exactly what Pirating is. They didn't get the money for each individual game... that would have been more money. They got a greatly reduced amount for the bundle under the contract that the bundle is for personal use and to remain whole.

Fourth, Not that its ever right to do this, but with HB, the average price to get ALL the bonuses is usually around $5.00. For just the steam keys its as little as $1.00 and if you just want the minimum, its 0.01. It seems even sillier to me, to violate that for that amount of money.

IMHO, there are ways to be "giving":

1. Promote HB (and GOG) so people can spend their own $5.00 and get the games they want.
2. Gift the bundles, even the cheapy ones, properly.
3. Promote DRM-free by not being part of the problem.