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Posted Jan 20th, 2012
Does a Game created using a game engine that is licensed under GPL count as a derivative work or
output?

Additional Details:
I would like to create a video game that I could sell. The GPL license states that derivative works
must be release under the same license, but that output does not require the same. Does a video game
count as derivative work or output?
Legal Topic Area: Intellectual Property in UT

If by "using" the game engine you incorporate it in its entirety, or a substantially unchanged version, then the game you make is a derivative work.


Answered on Jan 20th, 2012 at 2:49pm