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If it's not open-source I'm not interested.
Steam isn't open source either.
How do you know Lemmchen is interested in Steam?
GOG is a platform for selling closed source software. If the client was open source, would you be willing to use it to buy and run closed source games? If so, why are the requirements for the client different from the games?
There are open-source third-party clients already (at least for downloading/installing games). I don't see why I would want to downgrade to a proprietary app. That being said, I download games via the website, so I'm probably not the target audience anyway.
It's probably interesting news for people already using Steam, since they've already made the concession to closed source software by using it, but youre right they its highly unlikely to be open source, especially since the Windows client isn't and the fact they'd be shouting it from the rooftops if it were.