Here is a simple summary of the license terms. It is included at the top of every source and header file in the engine:
© Copyright 2010 - 2016 BlackTopp Studios Inc. This file is part of The Mezzanine Engine. The Mezzanine Engine is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. The Mezzanine Engine is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with The Mezzanine Engine. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. The original authors have included a copy of the license specified above in the 'Docs' folder. See 'gpl.txt' We welcome the use of the Mezzanine engine to anyone, including companies who wish to Build professional software and charge for their product. However there are some practical restrictions, so if your project involves any of the following you should contact us and we will try to work something out: - DRM or Copy Protection of any kind(except Copyrights) - Software Patents You Do Not Wish to Freely License - Any Kind of Linking to Non-GPL licensed Works - Are Currently In Violation of Another Copyright Holder's GPL License - If You want to change our code and not add a few hundred MB of stuff to your distribution These and other limitations could cause serious legal problems if you ignore them, so it is best to simply contact us or the Free Software Foundation, if you have any questions. Joseph Toppi - toppij@gmail.com John Blackwood - makoenergy02@gmail.com
Here is the contents of gpl.txt that comes in the docs/ folder of with every complete repository of the engine: