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Unity backtracks slightly on plans to charge developers for game installs
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this post was submitted on 13 Sep 2023
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Anyone that uses unity is as foolish as any that use java. Just begging for meritless lawsuits to extract rent.
You know how OpenJDK works right? Not every runtime requires payment to Oracle.
You know how Oracle works right? Not every license is adhered to by Oracle.
They sued over copyright of the function names my dude. The fact that that was insane did not stop them and did not stop google from paying massive amounts of money to Lawyers to get the License terms enforced.
https://www.eff.org/cases/oracle-v-google
Never have anything to do with Oracle. Not even tangentially.