[Bf-committers] Add-ons in Blender for commercial services

[Ton Roosendaal]

Hi Sam,

Good to hear they released the code.

I've been in contact with Otoy a couple of weeks ago, asking for when the source code would be released and trying to setup a good connection with them. That all went pleasant sofar. The Otoy developer confirmed to understand the GPL and according to him they found a nice solution for data transfer between a closed and open program in a license compatible way.

The first step we then take is to invite everyone to inspect this code well to confirm its compliancy. If needed, I can consult FSF for it as well.

The second step - which I already initiated - is to check with the Vray and Arnold teams if they would be interested to use a similar or the same API - they might be willing to join efforts on supporting that well. We probably use a mailinglist on blender.org for that.

If all this goes very smooth, we then can finally look into whether or not this code should be in our release. Such decisions depend on a lot of factors, but the main factor is that the stakeholders (the companies and users of this API) need to be involved and provide active support for this code.

For sofar what I think is "Blender Foundation" responsibility. Not a ball game, just matter of trying to find a good way to work together.

-Ton-

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On 28 Aug, 2013, at 9:51, Brecht Van Lommel wrote:

> I just want to comment on this one line, not on the pros/cons of adding it:
> 
> On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 12:10 AM, Sam Vila <samvila at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Otoy just did his work, looks like now the ball is in the Blender Foundation side.
> 
> Like any feature this would need to go through code review, and if
> accepted it needs to be documented and maintained, which takes time
> and resources. So I don't like the characterisation that the burden is
> now on the Blender Foundation to do the rest of the work, integration
> of features requires cooperation in the development process, it's not
> a matter of dropping off some code.
> 
> Which I'm sure the developers are aware of and communicating about,
> but your mail seems to imply that it's up to the Blender Foundation to
> do all the rest of the work.
> 
> Brecht.
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