If this was a pure-play licensing deal, then agreed 15% is low, but the story made it clear that this wasn't a licensing deal, but a publishing deal in which th

If this was a pure-play licensing deal, then agreed 15% is low, but the story made it clear that this wasn't a licensing deal, but a publishing deal in which the publisher had to hire developers to do ongoing development, provide support, etc... I.E. They'd receive a hairy-ball-of-code and have to provide a soup-nuts package to customers, including bug-fixes, phone-support, etc... in return for the 85%.