[olug] Fundraiser to make Blender Open Source

[Adam Lassek]

Blender is a nice 3d modeling/animation studio for linux and windows.
The UI is a bit different, but once you learn it its very useful and
better than the standard toolbar/menu approach in my opinion.

On Fri, 2002-07-19 at 20:15, Matthew G. Marsh wrote:
> On 19 Jul 2002, floyd wrote:
> 
> > I've seen a few Blenderheads at the meetings and thought there might be
> > some interest in this. Blender, a very cool 3D program from the now
> > defunct NaN software, is the focus of a drive to make it Open under the
> > GPL. Ton Roosendaal sent this to all registered owners of Blender, but I
> > thought I would forward this to the list.
> >
> > In a nutshell, they have to pony up 100k to the former investors to
> > release the intellectual property. Once the money is raised, there will
> > be a two week period where members get first crack at downloading the
> > code. And then Blender is GLP and free to dl and hack to your heart's
> > content.
> 
> What is blender and why would I care?
> 
> (I am always interested in helping out open sores projects but I would
> like to know if this is worth it)
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> > I gave 50 bucks earlier today and hoped a few of you might do the same.
> 
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