Commercial creations in Construct (updated Aug'11)

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Updated August 2011

The Construct Classic editor is licensed under the GPL 2.0.  This effectively prevents any unscrupulous parties taking advantage of the editor commercially.

However, the runtime is BSD-licensed as of 17th August 2011 (formerly it was also GPL).  This means the games you make in Classic are not touched by the GPL license.  Scirra have always encouraged commercial creations in Classic without royalties or restrictions, and would never take anyone to court regardless of how successful their game is.  However, the GPL was still a worry for some.  BSD should keep everyone and their lawyers happy.

In short: you can make commercial games, royalty-free, in Construct Classic.

Edited by Ashley - 17 Aug 2011 at 12:34pm

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Ashley Scirra Developer 78,178 Rep 17 57 185	Post Options Post Reply Quote Ashley Report Post Quote Reply Topic: Commercial creations in Construct (updated Aug'11) Posted: 13 Nov 2007 at 1:05am
	Updated August 2011 The Construct Classic editor is licensed under the GPL 2.0. This effectively prevents any unscrupulous parties taking advantage of the editor commercially. However, the runtime is BSD-licensed as of 17th August 2011 (formerly it was also GPL). This means the games you make in Classic are not touched by the GPL license. Scirra have always encouraged commercial creations in Classic without royalties or restrictions, and would never take anyone to court regardless of how successful their game is. However, the GPL was still a worry for some. BSD should keep everyone and their lawyers happy. In short: you can make commercial games, royalty-free, in Construct Classic. Edited by Ashley - 17 Aug 2011 at 12:34pm

ZeroFlowne 1,049 Rep 4 1	Post Options Post Reply Quote ZeroFlowne Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 14 Oct 2008 at 4:26pm
	Thanks! If I sell a game, I'll definitely pass some of it on to you guys.

Chezzy 1,137 Rep 3 2	Post Options Post Reply Quote Chezzy Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 14 Jan 2009 at 5:04am
	What is GPL?

Ashley Scirra Developer 78,178 Rep 17 57 185	Post Options Post Reply Quote Ashley Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 14 Jan 2009 at 5:17am
	Click here to find out. Hehe sorry, wanted to use that site at some point

stainsor 1,842 Rep 4 1 2	Post Options Post Reply Quote stainsor Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 14 Jan 2009 at 9:39pm
	Haha! too funny.

jessejohhavoc 897 Rep 3 1	Post Options Post Reply Quote jessejohhavoc Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 04 Mar 2009 at 9:20pm
	It's also important to note that once 3rd party plugins appear more and more, you should check with the plugin authors to ensure there are no license issues.

Rich 5,354 Rep 5 1 2	Post Options Post Reply Quote Rich Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 04 Mar 2009 at 9:28pm
	You can right click an application and check 'used plugins', which shows licenses, to ensure you're ok.

Wheeze201 974 Rep 3 3	Post Options Post Reply Quote Wheeze201 Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 29 Mar 2009 at 10:08pm
	I will probably only make free games but if i were to get donations or earn money using Construct i will definately give you guys some of the money You guys deserve it for this magnificent game/application creator.

lucid 11,225 Rep 7 14 38	Post Options Post Reply Quote lucid Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 05 Apr 2009 at 7:45pm
	hmmm I've got an etiquette question for you fine folks. I was recently asked to post a cap by one of our awesome construct forum friends and I posted an exe instead my cap didn't contain anything too important, but I didn't want to set a precedent of cap posting for my current project. I want to eventually post tutorials on some of these techniques when I have time and I love it when my fellow forum members post useful caps that show how they did awesome things. but, the thing is, I want this project to go commercial eventually when it's finished. I work a crappy job, and I'd prefer to make awesome games and sell them on steam for a living, and I think I might just be able to make something cool enough for people to want to buy it. I may just be building castles in the sky, but hey, personally, I feel I and others here can, and will do it, eventually. because of this, I don't feel comfortable making the whole thing open-source, but I still want to actively participate in the community and actively give and receive help. and post cool alpha build exe's as they come along. I felt really pompous and silly saying that I don't want to always share caps as I go through the project. at the same time, it seems only normal not to want to share all your code if you're planning on going commercial. am I just being paranoid? and am I violating some type of developer's forum ethical code of openness? your thoughts? ps: I love construct

deadeye Moderator 10,796 Rep 6 1 4	Post Options Post Reply Quote deadeye Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 05 Apr 2009 at 7:59pm
	You don't have to post your .cap if you don't want. There have been a few times where I didn't want to show my work for whatever reason, and made examples or answered questions instead. Hell, you don't even have to make examples or answer questions if you don't want to The only time it really becomes a problem is if you're asking for help... you can only troubleshoot so far without looking at the source. In that case it's not uncommon for people to send their .cap to someone else privately and have them look at it.