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Unity 3d Free in Schools
The EULA is ambiguous. Please help!
I want to teach Unity3d in School using the free version.
Is it Legal? Yes or No?
We will make NO MONEY from the games. Our School however (like any school in the world) has a turnover more than $100,000 ie. Money in from students/government, money out for salaries/buildings etc.
Quite obviously we are an educational institution.
We do NOT need OR want the Pro version features. Free is more than enough to teach the requirements and might inspire students to continue development, go into computer programming/computer science as a career or maybe even buy unity Pro.
So to be clear with the question:
Is it legal?
Please answer yes or no! An official unity sales rep would be good too!
Thanks
Im not sure I would ask that here myself, I may actually try to get a hold of the company itself for such things. I am sure you will find an answer soon!
The users of this part of the community is mainly other users of Unity. This question is better suited for the Unity forums http://forum.unity3d.com/forums/unity-support.10/ or by contacting Unity support directly. I think it should be legal, but that means nothing. Prehaps also include what part of the terms you are unsure about.
God I want to go to your school. As a sophomore I have to $$anonymous$$ch this all myself.
Actually the eula isn't ambiguous in this case. You just have to read it to the bottom ;) There you'll find the definition of "Legal Entity".
Also the first sentence is quite clear i guess:
Unity Free [...] may not be licensed or used by [...] or by an educational, academic, non-profit or government entity with a total annual budget for the entire entity (based on prior fiscal year) in excess of US$100,000.
So the answer seems to be: no. If your "annual budget" is greater than $100k you can't use Unity free at all.
However if you're in doubt, just contact the Unity support
So the school/$$anonymous$$cher would have to have pro, but they could ask students to download Unity Free themselves. Just my speculation, I got curious. Also https://store.unity3d.com/education
@Linus That would only apply if the students were using there own computers for work not related to school. As soon as you are on school computers or requiring students to submit Unity projects to the school then you need an educational licence.
Note this does not have to be a the same as a pro licence. As the education section says, contact Unity directly. They will almost certainly be able to work out an arrangement that suit your budget.
