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0 pointstombert2y ago0 comments

I have no skin in this game, but I read this article: https://gameworldobserver.com/2023/09/14/unity-license-terms...

ETA:

You updated your post with the TOS, but from what I read the concern was that the new TOS said it applied to any new distribution of the Unity Runtime, without specifying versions and the like.

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rhtgrg2y ago

I have never seen a Unity TOS that specified versions as seen in the screenshot of the link you shared. Where did they get that screenshot from? They need to share their source. For all we know this is a change from 2020 (latest version referred to in their screenshot).

In which case I think you will agree that is plenty of notice and most likely unrelated to be maliciously related to what's being announced now. They've even walked back the applicability to old versions as seen in GP.

wolrah2y ago

> I have never seen a Unity TOS that specified versions as seen in the screenshot of the link you shared.

You mean this screenshot, right? https://gameworldobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/uni...

Right here: https://unity.com/legal/terms-of-service/software-legacy

Scroll down about 80% of the page to section 8.

tombertOP2y ago

Well Unity is being accused of some dishonesty with updating things and not disclosing it [1]. If that's true, then it's possible that it's been somewhat purged to make themselves look better.

That said, that's a big "if", I'm just regurgitating what I read in news articles.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37615183

rhtgrg2y ago

Jan '22 TOS does not have such a clause either (from archive.org):

https://web.archive.org/web/20220716041837/https://unity.com...

At this point I'm pretty sure this is a dishonest attempt to dig up a 2020 change (if this clause even ever existed, which I've seen zero proof of) and correlate it to a 2023 announcement as if these things were done in tandem.

Downvote me all you want. I don't think Godot et al will survive with these scummy tactics.

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wolrah2y ago

> I have never seen a Unity TOS that specified versions as seen in the screenshot of the link you shared.

You mean this screenshot, right? https://gameworldobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/uni...

Right here: https://unity.com/legal/terms-of-service/software-legacy

Scroll down about 80% of the page to section 8.

tombertOP2y ago

Well Unity is being accused of some dishonesty with updating things and not disclosing it [1]. If that's true, then it's possible that it's been somewhat purged to make themselves look better.

That said, that's a big "if", I'm just regurgitating what I read in news articles.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37615183

rhtgrg2y ago

Jan '22 TOS does not have such a clause either (from archive.org):

https://web.archive.org/web/20220716041837/https://unity.com...

Downvote me all you want. I don't think Godot et al will survive with these scummy tactics.

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