[DGD] DGD Commercial Licensing?

[Felix A. Croes]

Jas <katmandu at turbobyte.com> wrote:

> I sent an e-mail to the dgd.licensing at dworkin.nl address (as instructed 
> in the tarball) about 3 weeks ago and haven't heard anything back yet.
>
> Does anyone know what commercial licensing options are available for the 
> DGD game engine?
>
> More specifically, I'm curious how much money it costs (initial cost, 
> annual, maintenance, per seat, per server, per processor, per game, and 
> so on, whatever's applicable), and what the time periods for the license 
> are (lifetime, annual, etc).
>
> Also, if there are any RESTRICTIONS on the commercial license (like 
> re-branding, etc), that might help.

My response went out September 2nd from this email address.  Perhaps it
was eaten by a spam filter, email is becoming an unreliable medium...


> From felix at dworkin.nl Thu Sep  2 01:53:25 2004
> To: katmandu at turbobyte.com
> Subject: Re: Licensing Inquiry
> In-Reply-To: <41360C2B.3080500 at turbobyte.com>
> 
> Hello,
> 
> > I am interested in what commercial licensing options (including
> > one-time/recurring pricing) are available for the DGD game engine.
> >
> > Before I spend a considerable amount of time developing a library for
> > that driver, I'd like to know what options will be available afterwards
> > allowing me to use the finished product for commercial purposes.   
> > At this time, I have not yet developed a game library, as I await your
> > reply.
> >
> > Thank you in advance for your response.
> 
> There are two options.  A full commercial license is $100000 per year.
> A limited license, for non-commercial organizations and with restrictions
> on how much income can be generated would be about $2000 per year.
> 
> People are often surprised about the cost of a full commercial license.
> I see that you're a member of the DGD mailing list, which had a discussion
> on this subject earlier this year.  You can find it here:
> 
>     http://list.imaginary.com/mailman/private/dgd/2003/001228.html

If you are interested, please let me know and I'll forward your request
to someone who will discuss terms with you.

Regards,
Dworkin
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