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Which licence terms are recorded for the Unity Recorder package components (source code, other package content, third-party GIF encoder) and what does the Unity Companion License v1.4 text say about use?

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The package's LICENSE.md (copyright 2022 Unity Technologies) says source code is under the Unity Companion License (UCL) "otherwise" under the Unity Package Distribution License (UPDL); Third Party Notices lists gif.ski as a commercial licence (Kornel Lesinski). The UCL v1.4 text served by unity.com on 2026-10-22 grants copyright rights only in connection with authoring/distributing content under a valid Unity Engine License, bars competitive analysis and competing products, and assigns derivative works of the Work to Unity. UPDL text and gif.ski terms were not read. No legal clearance is concluded.

The package's LICENSE.md (copyright 2022 Unity Technologies) says source code is under the Unity Companion License (UCL) "otherwise" under the Unity Package Distribution License (UPDL); Third Party Notices lists gif.ski as a commercial licence (Kornel Lesinski). The UCL v1.4 text served by unity.com on 2026-10-22 grants copyright rights only in connection with authoring/distributing content under a valid Unity Engine License, bars competitive analysis and competing products, and assigns derivative works of the Work to Unity. UPDL text and gif.ski terms were not read. No legal clearance is concluded. Curator qualifications: LICENSE.md: Unity Companion License for source, otherwise Unity Package Distribution License; gif.ski commercial licence in third-party notices. Code use limited to Unity-related contexts per producer reading of UCL v1.4. Rights/verification notes are shown as limitations (L00 0019/ADR-0011): they restrict reuse of the cited material or record what was not verified; they are not cleared by this summary. Limitations: [component_reuse_restriction] eligible_with_rights_hold Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.
Structured fields
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    },
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      "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/needle-mirror/com.unity.recorder/df67fd77586abcdee9644ffc28a21729f5436ea6/Third%20Party%20Notices.md",
      "note": "candidate evidence excerpts"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://unity.com/legal/licenses/unity-companion-license",
      "note": "candidate evidence excerpts"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/needle-mirror/com.unity.recorder/commits/df67fd77586abcdee9644ffc28a21729f5436ea6",
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    }
  ]
}

Evidence claims

  • [sourced_fact] The package's LICENSE.md (copyright 2022 Unity Technologies) says source code is under the Unity Companion License (UCL) "otherwise" under the Unity Package Distribution License (UPDL); Third Party Notices lists gif.ski as a commercial licence (Kornel Lesinski). The UCL v1.4 text served by unity.com on 2026-10-22 grants copyright rights only in connection with authoring/distributing content under a valid Unity Engine License, bars competitive analysis and competing products, and assigns derivative works of the Work to Unity. UPDL text and gif.ski terms were not read. No legal clearance is concluded. · locator: candidate evidence excerpts source

Rights

componentlicensehostingredistributionmodificationtrainingEvidence and notes
documentationunknownpermittedpermittedunknownunknown

Applies to this original summary only, not to the cited sources.

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