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So far, the judge has not responded to the motion to dismiss the lawsuit. However, it is safe to assume that if CIG is no longer using the CryEngine, then this no longer applies. CIG was also required to provide bugfixes they developed for CryEngine up until the launch of Star Citizen.

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The first is that confidential CryEngine source code was shown on Bugsmashers and disclosed to Faceware, which would violate the GLA. There were two claims that CIG did not provide a defense for. However, since CIG isn't using the engine, this term no longer applies. For instance, Crytek stated that CIG is no longer displaying the Crytek copyright notice in-game, which would violate the GLA. The established legal meaning of this wording means that the right to use CryEngine is given exclusively to CIG and not other companies, but does not mean that CIG has to exclusively use CryEngine.Д¬rytek's other claims all fall into the use of CryEngine. According to the GLA, CIG is given вЂњexclusive rights to use CryEngineвЂќ and the right to вЂњembed CryEngine in the gameвЂќ. The second claim Crytek made is that CIG broke the GLA by switching to the Amazon Lumberyard engine. However, the GLA defines вЂthe game' as both вЂњSpace CitizenвЂќ and its related space fighter game вЂњSquadron 42вЂќ, the GLA also includes a term covering any name changes, thus вЂSpace Citizen' being changed to вЂStar Citizen' does not affect the agreement.

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Issue 1, Crytek claimed that CIG was only given permission to make Star Citizen, meaning the addition of Squadron 42 broke the license agreement. Finally, CIG's lawyers add that the actual GLA вЂњeliminates virtually every claim and remedy Crytek seeksвЂќ.ДЄs Reddit poster Liudeius points out, each of Crytek's complaints can be refuted by reading the Game License Agreement, which has been made public. It adds that вЂњCrytek conceals the actual Game License Agreement from the court and the pressвЂќ. The motion goes on to make several points, stating that Crytek's complaint вЂњsacrifices legal sufficiency for loud publicityвЂќ. According to CIG, the suit вЂњshould never have been filedвЂќ. Now, in a filing to have the lawsuit dismissed, Cloud Imperium Games has addressed the Crytek lawsuit. Amazon then used this to form the Lumberyard engine and made it available to developers for free, essentially allowing developers to circumvent Crytek's CryEngine licensing fees by using Lumbaryard instead, which is what Cloud Imperium Games did, hence the dispute. For those who don't know, a couple of years ago Crytek sold Amazon the rights to use the CryEngine as the base for its own engine. However, CIG later switched to Amazon's Lumberyard engine. Now, CIG has responded to these legal allegations.Д«ack when CIG was getting development for Star Citizen up and running, the company based the game on CryEngine under a licensing agreement with Crytek. Crytek claims CIG undersold CryEngine's impact and used it in two games without permission. The dispute came into play after CIG switched from using the CryEngine to Amazon's Lumberyard engine. Around a month ago, we learned that Crytek was suing Cloud Imperium Games over a licensing dispute.

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