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Blender Community Rescues Sources

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the take-the-power-back dept.

Christoffer Green writes "Today the Blender funding campaign went through the 100k limit, sufficient now to pay for the ransom fee needed to make Blender Open Sourced. The Blender Foundation aims to have the deal signed before October 1, do a pre-release for donating members only at October 5, organize a Blender Conference in Amsterdam October 11-12-13, and make the official CVS release on October 13 for everyone. This doesn't mean that you should stop donating though. The foundation still depends on your contributions to cover costs that have been made."

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  1. Re:So, this means what? by Elbereth · · Score: 4, Interesting
    From the website:

    "After the campaign
    • Blender's sources will be opened under the GNU GPL.
    • No costs, site access and Membership will become gratis, and open for everyone.
    • Membership will be still required for some community services, like access to CVS, forums, etc.
    • Other services might be offered without Memerbership, open for everyone.
    • Details on the services will be made available later."

    So, it looks like the source code will be GPL. That's good. However, you won't be able to access the CVS without paying. That's bad. They might let you have access to other services. That's good. But there are no promises, and there are no details. That's bad.

    This doesn't look like any open source project I've ever seen. I don't remember ever having to pay to access the linux kernel CVS. Hmmm. Well, I don't really care, anyways. I don't use 3D programs. I'm just trolling.
  2. Re:Any other software Linux lacks? by paulbd · · Score: 5, Interesting

    yes, and in fact the OSS community (in this case, myself and a small handful of others) already do!

    ardour is my own contribution to this issue.

    3 years of full-time unpaid labor, funded by income from amazon.com, tested in a commercial recording studio, aimed squarely at the high end market with low end costs.

    its massive, its complex, its very very very hard for a novice to build, its only available from CVS at this time. do you think it will get better? you'd better believe it! package releases coming up within 6 weeks, v1.0 hopefully within 12 weeks.

  3. So who get's the T-Shirt? by Nutcase · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Promises are not easily forgotten. Who is the lucky person who gets the T-shirt?