Hello Ton, Businesses are selling forks of blender? It would be interesting to see a list of those source trees. Is anyone tracking them?
There's a Quora answer on this topic from 2017, but it doesn't seem to contain anything significant: https://www.quora.com/What-different-forks-for-Blender-3D-modeling-software-exists Be well, Zack On Tue, Jun 22, 2021 at 11:27 AM Ton Roosendaal via Bf-committers < bf-committers@blender.org> wrote: > Hi Lechu, > > > 1. Does this mean that Blender 3.0 and all the future versions won't > include any commercial addons such as Archipack, Blendkit, Bsurfaces, etc? > > We only had your add-on and Sketchfab's add-on listed as "addon linking > to commercial services". > > The bottom line for an add-on being distributed by Blender or via > blender.org is that it should add to Blender's mission - to contribute > to the user's freedom to have a free/open source creation environment. > Each add-on will be reviewed equally to be of user benefit and to be GPL > compatible. > > Add-ons linking to commercial webservices or add-ons offering a bridge > to closed (non GPL) software, are not contributing to our core mission > and therefore will not be offered on blender.org. > > > 2. Will there be any new guidelines to the Community Addons linking > directly to the creator's private sites and portfolios? Examples are > Oscurant Tools, Amaranth, etc? Or do you need to be signed up for a Diamond > Sponsor level just like with the commercial addons? > > I am not aware of this. No bundled add-on was allowed to use their > add-on as advertisement or offer direct linking to websites outside of > blender.org. The only possible option is a small credit. Documentation > should be on blender.org. If in the course of the past years these > guidelines have been slipping away, I will make sure it gets reconfirmed > and applied. > > > 3. Does this mean there won't be Community Addons linking directly to > commercial applications like Nuke, Autodesk software, Unreal Engine, etc? > Not on blender.org. > > For independent websites (such as BlenderMarket) I will have to find a > way to help them to more clearly communicate the Free Software > guidelines for offering addons or bundling Blender with products there. > > We have been lax on these practices in the past, flexibility is suitable > when you work with people and communities. However, reality changes. > Nowadays we talk to businesses making 100s of thousands of dollars > selling Blender addons or forks. It's only fair to remind them that the > fair-play rules for Blender also apply to them. > > Regards, > > -Ton- > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Ton Roosendaal - t...@blender.org - www.blender.org > Chairman Blender Foundation, CEO Blender Institute / Studio > Buikslotermeerplein 161, 1025 ET Amsterdam, the Netherlands > > > On 18/06/2021 13:14, Lechu Sokolowski via Bf-committers wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I was informed that "When it comes to bundling add-ons with Blender, the > policy is changing for the upcoming release." > > > > I was asked to ask the following questions here: > > 1. Does this mean that Blender 3.0 and all the future versions won't > include any commercial addons such as Archipack, Blendkit, Bsurfaces, etc? > > 2. Will there be any new guidelines to the Community Addons linking > directly to the creator's private sites and portfolios? Examples are > Oscurant Tools, Amaranth, etc? Or do you need to be signed up for a Diamond > Sponsor level just like with the commercial addons? > > 3. Does this mean there won't be Community Addons linking directly to > commercial applications like Nuke, Autodesk software, Unreal Engine, etc? > > > > -- > > Lech Sokolowski > > chocofur.com > > _______________________________________________ > > Bf-committers mailing list > > Bf-committers@blender.org > > List details, subscription details or unsubscribe: > > https://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers > _______________________________________________ > Bf-committers mailing list > Bf-committers@blender.org > List details, subscription details or unsubscribe: > https://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers > -- Zack Brown _______________________________________________ Bf-committers mailing list Bf-committers@blender.org List details, subscription details or unsubscribe: https://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers
