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by rybosworld 1006 days ago
These words are an improvement of the situation but nothing here can be considered legally binding.

For all intents and purposes, this is meaningless until they update the old ToS to prevent this from happening again.
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bangonkeyboard 1006 days ago
> For all intents and purposes, this is meaningless until they update the old ToS to prevent this from happening again.

Unity did just that the last time this happened, in 2019: https://blog.unity.com/community/updated-terms-of-service-an...

They silently deleted the then-added clause allowing you to use the ToS you agreed to before this most recent attempt.

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whartung 1006 days ago
I may be misremembering but this is what happened with recent the Open Gaming License fiasco.

As I recall, they inevitably changed the current one with a clause saying “we explicitly can’t pull the rug out from folks anymore with this license”. Simply ensuring that while they can create new licenses for new content, that can’t mess with creators who adopted the previous one.

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