Hi, i’m a rookie on the world of creating games and i want to start with my group with the free version of Unity3d for developing a web game. We’ll create the game for participate in a contest.
But i saw this on the license comparission: “May be licensed and used by companies or incorporated entities that had a turnover in excess of US$100,000 in their last fiscal year”. Ok, will i have problems if i use this software for the Contest? Because if we won, our game will be part of Square Enix but they will release the game for FREE. By the way, if we won, we’ll win money too (i’m not sure if this is problematic).
Thanx for the answers and i’m very sorry if i made mistakes with my english
I’m not a lawyer and have no experience with the the Unity 3D license … but it strikes me that any company that has a revenue of over $100,000 in a fiscal year should be able to trivially afford the $1,500 license for Unity 3D. Also remember that if you or the company pay $1,500 to Unity for the license, this is a business expense and hence tax deductible which will mean that the real cost of Unity is far less than $1,500.
I would suggest that you not worry about the line of the license you describe and then, if you “win” and if a company that uses your software (or yourselves) earn over $100,000 then go ahead and buy a license.
Again … I’m just a user myself and have no legal skills or affiliations.
Well you certainly didn’t earn $100k in your last fiscal year, so you have no problem now. I think @kolban is right, if you earn $100k - firstly well done, it isn’t easy Secondly, you’ll probably want to buy some Pro licenses to make your next game even cooler and won’t mind paying for them…
It’s really what Unity Free is all about - get people making games, then when they’re successful, they will be good Unity customers in future. It’s a great way to get new talent up and running without having to gamble that they will be successful.
im not an expert on legal stuff as theres always a catch somewhere, however im sure if square enix took care of the release it would be all fine as it would be their job to get all the permissions, however im sure they would have to purchase a unity license if they released it as a product from their company.
however because its made by you and your not a company that works with square enix then the unity license will probably have to be for the developing company which is you and as your not going to make a profit then you shouldnt have a problem and should be able to release it with the free version of unity.
but to be honest i really don’t know you would have to ring the competition and ask them and also ring unity licensing as well to get better information.
im pretty sure though either way you would not need anything but the free version, square enix would be the company that has to buy one and they may try and make you pay for it (they shouldnt though)
Secondly, you’ll probably want to buy some Pro licenses to make your next game even cooler and won’t mind paying for them…