Update to the Unity Editor Software Terms

On September 22, Marc Whitten shared an open letter with the community detailing changes to our runtime fee policy. One critical commitment was that “we will make sure that you can stay on the terms applicable for the version of the Unity editor you are using – as long as you keep using that version.”

To follow through on this commitment, we have updated the language to the Editor Terms based on feedback from our employees and community. Our goal is to make sure that the terms Unity users accept state that they can stay on those terms for the named version of Unity they are using, regardless of any changes to the Unity terms afterwards. As of today, this update will be added to our GitHub repository  and unity.com/legal.

We've also made sure to explicitly state that the runtime fee is not in effect unless a game is created with or upgraded to the next major release of Unity (shipping in 2024) and beyond.

Our overall goal is to make it easy and transparent for developers to choose a version of Unity that works for them so that they can be successful.