GOG responds to Steam’s license warning, highlighting that their games come with offline installers, ensuring they "cannot be taken away."

Steam now warns players that they are only buying a license to play a game when checking out. In an update to the checkout process of the popular digital storefront, a message now appears reading, “A purchase of a digital product grants a license for the product on Steam.”

GOG has taken a jab at Steam's new license purchase notice with a reminder that you keep the offline installers from the former forever.

GOG stands apart from the gaming digital distribution crowd in that unlike others it offers a seemingly rare and unique opportunity for gamers to buy and download their games but then keep them. Now while all this may seem like a water is wet type of thing it is a reminder to folks about their rights when purchasing anything from a digital distribution service,

GOG has used the recent Steam changes to remind gamers that when you buy from them, you actually have some ownership.

Steam is informing users that they don’t fully own the games they purchase, as a new California law on digital content ownership looms.