Educational vs Commercial License?
by Matthew Haywood · in Torque in Education · 01/16/2006 (6:28 am) · 4 replies
Hi everyone.
I was just wondering if there were any major differences between the eduational license when compared to the regular commercial TGE license? I'm sure there must be some limitations, but as I have made 3 attempts to email education@garagegames.com with no response I figured I would try here as well.
Thank you in advance for any responses.
I was just wondering if there were any major differences between the eduational license when compared to the regular commercial TGE license? I'm sure there must be some limitations, but as I have made 3 attempts to email education@garagegames.com with no response I figured I would try here as well.
Thank you in advance for any responses.
#2
Thanks for the quick reply Joseph.
01/16/2006 (6:40 am)
Ah great...I had noticed on some of the other threads that the person dealing with the education stuff had posted their direct email so I'll give that a shot.Thanks for the quick reply Joseph.
#3
Functionally there is no difference between Commercial, "indie," and educational licenses. All three include full source code, world editors, tools ect. The real difference is in the EULA, which is what your Torque license can be used for legally. Addtionally, each of licenses are priced differently.
"Indie licenses" can be used only by individuals, earning under $250,000, to make "Games for entertainment.' Note: This is different from educational games, simulations, serious games, VR projects, machinima projects ect. If an 'indie' grows beyond the $250k mark they must upgrade their licenses to commercial. Also, schools DO NOT qualify for 'indie' pricing, as they are large institutions. If a school has not arraigned an "educational" or "research" license with us, they must purchase "commercial" licenses.
"Commercial licenses" can be used by anyone for commercial games/projects, educational games, simulations, serious games, VR projects, machinima or schools that do not have an "educational" and/or "research" license. Commercial licenses allow for unlimited distribution, royalty free, with no further obligation to GarageGames (GG). Commercial licenses are the ONLY licenses other than "research licenses" that can use Torque for educational games, simulations, serious games, VR projects, machinima projects ect with our prior permission directly from GG.
"Educational licenses" are for schools, technical colleges, universities ect. Interested in using Torque for TEACHING game design/animation/game art ect. For more information on educational licenses contact me directly daveyjatgaragegames.com
Under some circumstances we issue "Research Licenses" for companies, schools, individuals or institutions using Torque on not-for-profit research. "Research Licenses" are for projects that do not fall into one of the above categories. For more information on 'research licenses" please contact me directly daveyjatgaragegames.com
01/16/2006 (12:44 pm)
@Matthew- Your company spam filter is apparently blocking my messages to you. Please call me directly at 541-345-3040 ex 105 or respond to the e-mail I sent from my personal account.Functionally there is no difference between Commercial, "indie," and educational licenses. All three include full source code, world editors, tools ect. The real difference is in the EULA, which is what your Torque license can be used for legally. Addtionally, each of licenses are priced differently.
"Indie licenses" can be used only by individuals, earning under $250,000, to make "Games for entertainment.' Note: This is different from educational games, simulations, serious games, VR projects, machinima projects ect. If an 'indie' grows beyond the $250k mark they must upgrade their licenses to commercial. Also, schools DO NOT qualify for 'indie' pricing, as they are large institutions. If a school has not arraigned an "educational" or "research" license with us, they must purchase "commercial" licenses.
"Commercial licenses" can be used by anyone for commercial games/projects, educational games, simulations, serious games, VR projects, machinima or schools that do not have an "educational" and/or "research" license. Commercial licenses allow for unlimited distribution, royalty free, with no further obligation to GarageGames (GG). Commercial licenses are the ONLY licenses other than "research licenses" that can use Torque for educational games, simulations, serious games, VR projects, machinima projects ect with our prior permission directly from GG.
"Educational licenses" are for schools, technical colleges, universities ect. Interested in using Torque for TEACHING game design/animation/game art ect. For more information on educational licenses contact me directly daveyjatgaragegames.com
Under some circumstances we issue "Research Licenses" for companies, schools, individuals or institutions using Torque on not-for-profit research. "Research Licenses" are for projects that do not fall into one of the above categories. For more information on 'research licenses" please contact me directly daveyjatgaragegames.com
#4
01/16/2006 (1:06 pm)
Thanks Davey. I just sent you an email with some details from my personal email account. Looking forward to hearing from you soon :) 
Associate Joseph Euan
It might be worth trying to contact Davey Jackson for more details (he deals with educational stuff)
Also, look at www.garagegames.com/developer/torque/education/