[DGD] Commercial Licenses?

[Alan Wood]

*sigh*  True.  But still, it makes breaking into the
industry with something like this impossible.  :)

Oh well, back to the drawing board.  :)

Alan

--- David Jackson <atari_x at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> 
> Everyone is surprised at how much the DGD licenses
> are. But business is
> business, and even $100K is not a lot to pay for a
> truly profitable
> venture.
> 
> NetImmerse licenses at much more than $100k for a
> full commercial
> license.  The last time I checked, the Quake 3
> license was $250K a
> seat.  That's chicken feed compared to their profit
> margin.  Even older
> technologies like LithTech's engine still sell for
> over $100K a seat.
> 
> David Jackson
> 
> 
> On Thu, 2003-02-20 at 21:18, Alan Wood wrote:
> > Wow.  That is alot more than I expected it to be. 
> > Many commercial 3d networking engines are not that
> > expensive.  (For instance, NetImmerse from NDL
> which
> > was used in DAOC)
> > 
> > Any chance to go on a royalty basis or % of profit
> or
> > whatnot?  Or will there be a "you can't make a
> profit,
> > but you can ask for donations" license?  
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > Alan
> > 
> > --- "Felix A. Croes" <felix at dworkin.nl> wrote:
> > > Alan Wood <alan_wood at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > DGD is mentioned as one of the few mud servers
> > > that
> > > > can be used commercially.
> > > 
> > > You may also want to check out the Cold server,
> > > which is open source.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > > There is some confusion on my side who to
> contact
> > > in
> > > > regards to this.  The readme states that after
> > > 2001
> > > > the rights reverted back to BeeHive, but the
> > > websites
> > > > state that Skotos (sp?) still have rights.
> > > >
> > > > Can anyone clear this up?
> > > 
> > > DGD was originally licensed to a company which
> has
> > > since gone bankrupt.
> > > Skotos was a sublicensee of this company, and is
> > > itself capable of
> > > sublicensing.
> > > 
> > > DGD can also be licensed from BeeHive
> Technologies,
> > > the copyright
> > > holder.  The person who deals with email
> enquiries
> > > can be a bit slow,
> > > but you'll get an answer :)  The license is not
> > > cheap, $2000/year for
> > > non-commercial organizations (with a number of
> > > restrictions), and
> > > $100,000 a year for full commercial use.
> > > 
> > > I am aiming DGD at the market for large
> commercial
> > > MUD middleware.
> > > 
> > > Regards,
> > > Dworkin
> > >
> >
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