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How can I release a unity project as open source?

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by OttoDaniels, Apr 24, 2022.

  1. OttoDaniels

    OttoDaniels

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    Hi,

    I have a little demo for a project I made I'd like to put on Github for others to look at.

    I know that Unity has some open projects, but I can't find anything about releasing my project into the wild. Would anyone know if this is allowed, and if so, what licenses I can release it under?

    The best information I've found so far is that I'm allowed to use the Personal license commercially if I made less than $100k off of it in the last 12 months, but I don't know if that means I can distribute the project files or just a finished build.

    Thank you for any help!
     
  2. Murgilod

    Murgilod

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    Project files and engine license have nothing to do with each other. You can't redistribute Unity itself, but your own code is fine so long as you're not including anything from the Asset Store with a conflicting license. This will largely only encompass paid assets.
     
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  3. OttoDaniels

    OttoDaniels

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    Thank you for the help.
     
  4. neginfinity

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    Upload the project onto github as mit-licensed or a similar license.

    However you're not allowed to upload anything you bought from asset store to a public repository. As the license explicitly forbids redistribution.

    You also cannot license your project under GPL.