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another commercial license question. . .

by Sebastiao P. de Almeida · in Torque Game Engine · 03/17/2003 (3:24 am) · 6 replies

Hi,

just to make it clear once and for all . . . The commercial license agreement says that if your revenue COMBINED with your publisher's revenue exceed 500K, I have to pay 10K for the TGE.
In fact, this means that I'll never publish with a large publisher without paying the 10K fee, as any publisher even medium sized will make 500K per year. Am I right about it?

#1
03/17/2003 (4:29 am)
That's what it says. I think if your publisher has more than $500,000 in revenues, they could easily advance you the 10K if they believe in the game (and I don't think you want a publisher that doesn't). It will in practice hinder you from using some budget publishers I would think, but wouldn't you rather use GG than one of them anyway?
#2
03/17/2003 (11:00 am)
Hello,

I understand that if my company and the publisher make together more than 500k/year I need to get the commecial license. My question is, I have the U$100.00 version , do I need to pay the commercial fee BEFORE I even start to develop the game and make a contract with a publisher, or can I start to make the game in the version I have, and pay it AFTER the contract with a publisher, but still BEFORE the game is launched?
I appreciate any help.
Thanx for the time.
#3
03/17/2003 (11:14 am)
From http://www.garagegames.com/torque/commercial.php:

If your company revenues or those of your publisher are above $500,000, then you will need to purchase a commercial License which is $10,000 per title, upfront, for the right to develop using the Torque Game Engine.
#4
03/17/2003 (12:21 pm)
You need to pay when you sign the contract with your big publisher. As soon as you come to an agreement to publish your product, and sign the contract with the publisher, then you need to pay the $10,000.

If you do not have a publisher yet, and are building your game on speculation that you will sign a deal later, it is OK to use the Indie License as long as your revenue is less than $500,000.

I hope this clears things up for you. If you still have questions, please let me know.

Jeff Tunnell GG
#5
04/21/2003 (1:56 pm)
If I understand this correctly
Quote:
is $10,000 per title,
than this would mean that if my revenue is $500,000 then I would have to pay you the $10k for every diffrent game (like if one is FRP the other FPS and so forth).

What about the addons like expansion paks?
#6
04/22/2003 (8:46 am)
A title is a complete game. No additional fees for expansion packs.

Jeff Tunnell GG