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Does a Game created using a game engine that is licensed under GPL count as a derivative work or output?

Asked on Jan 20th, 2012 on Intellectual Property - Utah
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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?
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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 2:49 PM

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