' We’re excited to see what you do with it,' the blog post reads. The company plans to isolate the components it open-sources from the engine in a way that allows developers to use modified versions in their own projects. According to an official blog post from Unity, 'Beyond that, we don’t have a concrete plan, but we have a lot of things in the pipeline.' The first portion of the engine that will be open-sourced is Unity Test Tools. 'We plan to open-source more pieces so our customers can not just see but work on and distribute in a very liberal license,' Helgason tells Gamasutra. The open-sourcing of Unity components beginsAlongside the public beta of 4.6, the company announced it is open-sourcing parts of the engine, including that new UI system, under an MIT open-source license. While Helgason didn't announce a release date for the 5.0 version of Unity's engine ( first revealed at this year's GDC in March), there were still noteworthy points from the presentation.įor starters, Unity 4.6, which includes the long-promised brand-new UI system, goes into public beta today - and is ready for download. Today in Seattle, Unity kicked off its annual Unite conference with a keynote by CEO David Helgason.

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