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Whats the final outcome of Unity's changes to their license. Also, do the changes apply to previously released games?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Does this apply to software that was made before the terms change?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)
  • if you’re using Unity, you definitely want someone knowledgeable looking over all the terms and details (ie. I am not a lawyer)
  • from Sunday’s tweet, it seems they’re considering changes to their new pricing model in reaction to the blow back (“what? people got upset?”)
  • new pricing model doesn’t take effect until 1 Jan 2024
  • looks like they were planning on charging for any installs (for new and old games) from that point on
  • the changes to the TOS they sneaked through a few months back makes it look like they are trying to apply the new terms retroactively and replace whatever terms were in place when the game was developed – which sounds all sorts of shady (but then again, it’s an ex-EA CEO … )