We've gotten our hopes up before that LucasArts games would be released on GOG.com when the site previously teased that they were going to add a large publisher to their catalog (not to mention the Night Dive rumors). Well, the rumors are here again, as GOG.com is teasing that another publisher will be adding their games to the catalog, with a countdown timer on their main page.
There might be some weight to the rumor that the publisher is LucasArts this time, as a GOG.com user has reportedly found three countdown images on the GOG.com website that use well known LucasArts fonts. Of course, if it does end up being LucasArts, it's uncertain if any games that aren't already released digitally will be released on GOG.com, as the three franchises represented (Indiana Jones, Star Wars, and Monkey Island) already have games available digitally on Steam. But, at least this time signs do seem to point towards DRM-free versions of LucasArts games finally being available soon.
Jennifer
Steam actually does have a minimum amount of DRM
It's a little more complicated, actually. First, Steam is not Steamworks. And even if you use Steamworks, you don't have to use the CEG (Custom Executable Generation) component which you cited. There are plenty games that don't. And you can also provide an additional Binary that will run the game without Steam if you choose, which is the case here.
So, to reiterate: Steam does not imply DRM (not even minimal). But.. I forgot they changed the data files so that the original executables that are present can not actually run the games (ScummVM can though since version 1.7.0 but that is besides the point). So there are DRM free versions on Steam that are (deliberately) incomplete.. and thus useless.
Since the versions released on GOG.com are actually distributed with ScummVM, that is in all ways the preferable version to get. :-)
Definitely not just the steam releases then :)
Lightkey
Steam does not imply DRM. They are already available DRM-free on Steam.