does change in unity tos affect pantheon?

svann

Just read some news about difficulties with the unity licensing.  Not really understanding it all but it seems like unity changed the tos and at least one mmo company is saying it might make problems for them and anyone using unity.

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2019/01/unity-engine-tos-change-makes-cloud-based-spatialos-games-illegal/?comments=1

Does this affect Pantheon?

Wellspring

The SpatialOS thing shouldn't affect Pantheon, since they aren't using that AFAIK. 

Vrika

No.

The change is aimed at developers that try to resell Unity to other developers as part of a cloud based service.

Improbable created a big fuss about it likely for their own PR reasons, but it appears they're the sole company that's actually affected, and Pantheon isn't using Improbable's products.

ChildoftheShadows

@Vrika That first sentence is misleading. It's not about "reselling Unity", because that is not what is happening with SpatialOS. SpatialOS uses Unity binaries that the developer is responsible for licensing. What Unity is doing is preventing developers from using Unity with other cloud providers leaving themselves as the only option, just like Amazons Lumberyard.

If a developer uses their own servers, like Pantheon is likely doing, then it's OK. If you are going to use someone else's cloud service using their networking solution then you cannot use Unity.

ChildoftheShadows

https://blogs.unity3d.com/2019/01/16/updated-terms-of-service-and-commitment-to-being-an-open-platform/

All changed now. Unity has yielded. 

Gdemami

ChildoftheShadows said:

https://blogs.unity3d.com/2019/01/16/updated-terms-of-service-and-commitment-to-being-an-open-platform/

All changed now. Unity has yielded. 

Well, they were shooting themselves in the foot with such restrictions so it isn't all that surprising.