Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.

GOG has begun using encrypted RAR files in their Windows installers for various games to enhance their security. This however has caused problems for some Linux users.The new installer format uses password protected RAR files that are encrypted to stop pirates from adding malware to the installer and then spreading that package throught torrents to users. The password protection is also meant to prevent user stupidity where the user would unpack the RAR file without running the installer like it's meant to (on Windows) thus breaking the installation package.The problems arise when Linux users attempt to use the extraction utility innoextract to unpack the installers of the games without having to use Wine. This is useful when using some versions of Wine that don't support GOG's installers or when you only want to access the game's data files to use them with an alternate game engine. The password protection put in place by GOG effectively prevents innoextract from extracting the package, making users reliant upon GOG's own installers which, like I said, might not work in Wine.Some users consider this behaviour DRM-ish and against GOG's promise of being a DRM-free game store and they have put up a wishlist entry on GOG to make them revert back to the old installers. You can vote and add your comments here: https://www.gog.com/wishlist/site/dont_slip_into_drm_swamp_stop_using_password_protection_on_installer_packagesKnown affected games include games such as Assassins Creed, Wasteland 2, Heroes of Might and Magic 5 and The Bard's Tale along with other games. Note that this doesn't affect Linux packages of the Linux supported games, only the Windows installers. You can also check the full list of games that are affected and also report your findings here:https://github.com/dscharrer/innoextract/issues/37#issuecomment-67915715The line between DRM and no DRM might not always be absolutely clear. In this case the password protection doesn't prevent you from making copies of your games, as you can just copy the installers around, but it does prevent you from messing around with the installer and makes you depend on their own installer.But in any case I do side with the crowd against these measures. The way I see it, they are trying to protect pirates from malicious pirates and users from themselves which I find quite ridiculous. Normal user who purchases a game from GOG (on Windows) will most likely go for the big file that contains words like “setup” or “installer” instead of clicking random .bin files. And protecting pirates? Now that is just plain silly. Prevention of malware is of course good but if you are going to pirate games you have to be ready to pay the price of potentially installing something nasty on your system and many pirates are aware of this and throw their anti-virus scanners at every piece of warez they download.Is preventing legitimate customers that use Linux from playing the games worth saving a couple of minutes of support time and the computers of a handful of pirates?