Molamar Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 Section 5 of Steam subscriber agreement says: (.....) Some third party application software is capable of being used by businesses for business purposes - however, you may only acquire such software via Steam for private personal use. Leadwerks 3.x is only available in Steam, so it is forbidden to sell any Programms created with Leadwerks 3.x? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeT Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 Steam subscriber vs leadwerks agreement are two different things? Not 100% certain on that though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molamar Posted May 4, 2015 Author Share Posted May 4, 2015 Yes, sure, Leadwerks Company says, you purchasesed this Software and its Royalty free and also allowed to sell it( in simple words and sry english is not my native language), but Steam says: you acquired Leadwerks through Steam and its forbidden to use it for business purposes, only private use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thirsty Panther Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 I think section 5 is to protect Valve from any loss by a business using software sold from its site. I don't think it is aimed at the single user making an income from selling games made by Leadwerks. Otherwise Steam would not sell modelling programs such as Blender, Maya etc. Nor would they sell music creation, image, or video software as the purchaser would not be able to sell their own creations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 That's interesting. I don't think it's super important, but it should be fixed. Quote My job is to make tools you love, with the features you want, and performance you can't live without. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DatSexyGrid Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 I hate confusing stuff like this. Quote Ignore my silly nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerRidda Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 That is troubling indeed and a big impact on every other party's rights to freely negotiate a contract. It's not just a problem with programs such as Leadwerks but also Blender which is using the GPL and that isn't exactly a license that accepts any kind of external restrictions imposed on what the users can do with the software. Classic Valve derp-out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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