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I own and buy games from GOG. Especially if its a game i like. That way its actually mine. I hope they never change.
It's not yours. You buy a revocable license. Read their TOS.
Gog has no drm. So effectively who cares.
does it matter if that license is only needed to download the game? once you have it downloaded, it doesn't matter if the license gets revoked (it only grants you the ability to download the game, and use galaxy online/social features such as achievements and multiplayer)
But DRM-free means there's no mechanism to revoke that license. Which is really how it should be because entities shouldn't be able to benefit from a sale and then retract their side of the deal and keep the money just because they made up some terms that say they can do that.