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NaN Closes Shop, The End of Blender?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the whats-your-vector-victor dept.

lowell writes "The shareholders and directors of NaN Holding BV, owners of Blender, have decided to terminate all activities of NaN Technologies BV and apply for its bankruptcy at the Amsterdam court. It means that effective today, all technology development and website activities around Blender will be frozen. " Nice app. Too bad really.

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  1. Please release the source under GPL by BroadbandBradley · · Score: 4, Interesting

    because you kow if you do, blender will live on no matter what.

    Then you can let users develop the app and stick to making money writing Blender Books.

    I like Blender, anyone got any suggestions for alternatives for 3D animation on Linux?

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    1. Re:Please release the source under GPL by 4of12 · · Score: 5, Interesting

      will be encouranged to liquidate their assets, like Blender, to another company who will pay for the technology. So getting it open-sourced is probably not an option on the table.

      So, following up with a previous poster that commented that, despite having paid a license earlier, he would be willing to pay to have it open sourced under the GPL

      Why don't Blender enthusiasts contribute to a fund with the express purpose of buying the Blender License so as to GPL the code?
      If you get more money than you need in the bid at the auction, then consider using the extra to pay for some dedicated time by the author, etc.
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