Licensing Question

Hi

I work for a commercial company that teaches children various tech-focused topics including programming. As a company, we have a revenue in excess of $100k none of which is related to Unity.

I'm currently exploring whether we can develop a Video Game course using Unity, but the licensing has me confused.

• Would we need to pay to use Unity to develop such a course, even though the vast majority of our revenue has nothing to do with Unity related content?
• Would we also have to pay to have our tutors using Unity whilst teaching it?
• I assume the students learning it would be able to just use a Personal License but even then I'm not fully clear.

The section on this page: https://store.unity.com/products/unity-personal under Business Plans appears to imply we wouldn't as it talks about the $100k being "...revenue or funds raised in connection with your use of Unity..."
But replies on this Forum including the final reply to this one: https://forum.unity.com/threads/personal-unit-license-question.979674/#post-6368445 seem to imply we would need to pay.

Can anyone shed any light, please?

Thanks

 

https://support.unity.com/hc/en-us/requests/new?ticket_form_id=65905

 

Thanks.

I've submitted the question via that form.

 

You should contact Unity directly with these questions. But I'll throw out my worthless opinion anyways, because Internet.

Here's how tier eligibility based on finances is determined:

https://unity3d.com/legal/terms-of-service/software

Your company would fall under the 1st bullet point. The 2nd bullet point is for independent contractors working on someone else's project, so not that one. The 3rd bullet point is for individuals, which a company is not. So the company's finances in total are considered, not just related to Unity.

* Yes, as your company's total finances are used for tier eligibility in this case.
* If your tutors are employees, then they are just part of your company, so need licenses like any other employee of the company in line with your company's finances. If your tutors are independent contractors, they fall under the 2nd bullet point, so need licenses in line with your company's finances (effectively the same license anyone in your actual company would have), so Yes.
* That's a good question. I know Unity does have a special Educational license for students, which I believe is free. Contact Unity about this

The store page isn't an exhaustive look at the license terms.

Ha! Just noticed you linked to my post. Nice
The topic of that thread was about a non-profit, which uses annual budget instead of revenue for the calculation. I would assume Unity makes that differentiation because non-profits often have quite variable revenue.