Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Blender Fund Raises EUR18,000 In Three Days

Posted by timothy on from the i'd-like-to-buy-write-now-from-apple dept.

dpm writes:"The Blender foundation looks like it might actually have a chance of raising the EUR 100,000 it needs to buy Blender from the NaN shareholders and make it Open Source. They started fundraising on Thursday, and they already have total pledges of EUR 18,025, with EUR 9,946 actually collected. See the money meter for the current status. If this actually works, what other non-profitable commercial software might we buy cheap and make Open Source? Old video games? Video editing software?"

2 of 336 comments (clear)

  1. Simple solution by GigsVT · · Score: 0, Troll

    1. Counterfeit billions of Euros to flood the money supply, and weaken the euro.
    2. Donate $100 US which will convert to 100,000 EU
    3. Open Blender Source
    4. ????
    5. Profit!!

    --
    I've had enough abrasive sigs. Kittens are cute and fuzzy.
  2. Something fishy.... by ClarkEvans · · Score: 1, Troll

    publishing the full Blender sources, including old and new development, under the GNU GPL license ... the Foundation has to pay in advance a one time fee of 100k euro for this (100k USD).

    Ok. Who is the foundation, where are it's organizing papers? Who is on its board, etc.

    the Foundation can offer an additional commercial non-copylefted (BSD style) license for companies to integrate with non-GPL projects.

    Ohhh. This comes out of nowhere. Where is the proposed agreement with NaN? Does NaN get a cut of this money? Who sets the prices for this non-GPL licensing? Where does the money go? Who funds the access to non-GPL, is this part of the 100K?

    I don't know about you; but I'm skeptical. This is alot of money, and it's a bit short on details.