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"You will not be obligated to pay us any royalty payments for Distributing Products that (i) do not include any Engine Code, (ii) do not require any Engine Code to run and (iii) do not include Starter Content in source format...Excerpt from Unreal Engine's EULA
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The clause states: “You will not be obligated to pay us any royalty payments for Distributing Products that (i) do not include any Engine Code, (ii) do not require any Engine Code to run and (iii) do not include Starter Content in source format...”
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