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Disney Releases 3D Texture Mapper Source Code

Posted by timothy on from the nice-of-them dept.

dsavi writes "Ptex, Walt Disney Animation Studio's cutting-edge 3D texture mapping library which was first used on nearly every surface in the 2008 animated feature Bolt, was released under the BSD license on Friday. Quoting the announcement on monophyl.com: 'We expect to follow Ptex with other open source projects that we hope the community will find beneficial. We will soon be launching a new Walt Disney Animation Studios Technology page under disneyanimation.com. It will include links to our open source projects as will as a library of recent publications.' This looks good for open source 3D graphics."

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  1. Didn't see that one coming.... by santax · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Chapeau Walt Disney! This is just plain cool and I would have never expected Disney to open up anything! Hope they will set and continue this trend!

    1. Re:Didn't see that one coming.... by santax · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Oh come on, be fair here. Apple doesn't really love the open-source community. That they gave away a little to gain a lot of it. If you disagree, try installing your own software on your Iphone without jailbreaking it first.

    2. Re:Didn't see that one coming.... by alexhs · · Score: 2, Insightful

      That's the way you recognize smart entrepreneurs.

      Steve Jobs of NeXT bought Apple for -429 million dollars in 1996.

      Steve Jobs of Pixar bought Disney for -7.4 billion dollars in 2004.

      Talk about Reality Distortion Field !

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    3. Re:Didn't see that one coming.... by amRadioHed · · Score: 2, Insightful

      You'll note that the iPhone was not given as an example of an Apple open-source project.

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  2. Look the other way by girlintraining · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Pointing this out, of course, will get me modnuked, but what the hell: Yes Disney, after extending copyrights, being instrumental in the oppression and exploitation of dozens of countries, forcing our community to defend itself with complex legal language, placing the culture of going on three generations' childhoods behind a pay wall -- we'll forgive you because you released the source code for a texture mapper. Why? Because This. Is. Slashdoooooot! And as long as you contribute source code, we'll overlook all your other sins. :\

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    1. Re:Look the other way by ChienAndalu · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Even if it's fun to imagine that, a company isn't a monolithic entity and certainly not a person like you are trying to picture.

    2. Re:Look the other way by girlintraining · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Even if it's fun to imagine that, a company isn't a monolithic entity and certainly not a person like you are trying to picture.

      If we're going to give personhood to corporations, and extend them the same rights we have, then I fully intend to judge them on that basis as well.

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