If the authors wanted to protect engine development while allowing indies to sell games made on it, they would have picked LGPL or a more permissive license.
You are technically correct, and I believe the GPL doesn't cover the assets for the game (levels, art, audio, etc.), but I suspect there aren't many GPL licensed games out there for sale that have sold enough copies to make developing them worthwhile financially.
I'd love to be wrong, so if you have a few examples, I'm all ears.
You can sell them on PC, but any dream of console releases are dead in the water as Sony,etc forbids distribution or even code using their SDK's to be shared publicly.
Yes. Only requirement is that your game code is Free Software (GPLv3).
Not sure what the question is. The License is clearly stated.
No, it’s GPL3, so your game must be open-source.
If the authors wanted to protect engine development while allowing indies to sell games made on it, they would have picked LGPL or a more permissive license.
since when do people not sell GPL games?
You are technically correct, and I believe the GPL doesn't cover the assets for the game (levels, art, audio, etc.), but I suspect there aren't many GPL licensed games out there for sale that have sold enough copies to make developing them worthwhile financially.
I'd love to be wrong, so if you have a few examples, I'm all ears.
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You can sell them on PC, but any dream of console releases are dead in the water as Sony,etc forbids distribution or even code using their SDK's to be shared publicly.