Please read the following: <a href="http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=113378006232564&w=2">http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=113378006232564&w=2</a><br><br>True, blender is not the linux kernel but on the other hand it is the only decent open source 3D app out there.
<br><br>Some kind of an open API is needed, no direct linkage. I don't think a "special version for renderer/driver/control device/XXX binary" is a good idea, even loadable modules are edge case (and yes, I know it have an impact on the performance..)
<br><br>Creativity is urgently needed in this field.<br><br>Shaul<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 5/17/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Tom M</b> <<a href="mailto:letterrip@gmail.com">letterrip@gmail.com</a>> wrote:
</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">> Is this correct to officially communicate? Please advise,<br><br>Yes either of those options sound safe from my reading as well. Of
<br>course best would be a standardized API specification that all of the<br>common renderer companies could use - it might be worthwhile to see<br>what the 3DS Max API is and duplicate their API since pretty much<br>every renderer out there interfaces with 3DS Max. Then we will get a
<br>whole bunch of renderers 'for free'.<br><br>LetterRip<br><br>><br>> -Ton-<br>><br>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>> --<br>> Ton Roosendaal Blender Foundation
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