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by jdennaho 3679 days ago
2.4. Restrictions on Use: Crytek reserves all rights not expressively granted in this Agreement. Without limitation, Licensee shall not:

distribute, sublicense or exploit in any other form: the CryEngine (except for the Redistributables), e.g. as a stand-alone development engine; the CryEngine Documentation; the CryEngine Tools; use the CryEngine for the development of any product other than Games, including without limitation: military projects gambling; simulation (technical, scientific, other); science; architecture; pornography; Serious Games.

Serious Games? did lawyers actually even read this?

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A cursory Wikipedia search would yield an explanation:

"A serious game or applied game is a game designed for a primary purpose other than pure entertainment. The 'serious' adjective is generally prepended to refer to products used by industries like defense, education, scientific exploration, health care, emergency management, city planning, engineering, and politics."