[Bf-committers] Add-on bundling policy in Blender releases

[Ton Roosendaal]

Hi,

Addendum: the second company using this is Blenderkit.

-Ton-

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Ton Roosendaal - ton at blender.org - www.blender.org
Chairman Blender Foundation, CEO Blender Institute / Studio
Buikslotermeerplein 161, 1025 ET Amsterdam, the Netherlands


On 17/05/2021 16:24, Ton Roosendaal wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> Back in 2013 I proposed here to have an option for companies who wish 
> to include an add-on in the Blender release. The original request was 
> from Shapeways, the add-on they offered would make it easier for users 
> to send the file over to their server.
>
> We settled on a set of simple rules for this, outlined on this wiki 
> page (in bottom).
> https://wiki.blender.org/wiki/Process/Addons
>
> I suggest to drop this exception per Blender 3.0 (released in Q3).
>
> The immediate reason is that I expect offers from commercial software 
> vendors offering add-ons to bridge with their products, which would 
> devaluate our open/free mission.
>
> Back then, in 2013, the requested donation was also quite welcome. It 
> currently feels awkward though, and it actually defies the definition 
> of how donations should work.
>
> I've discussed it with the bf-blender admins, and they agree on 
> dropping this. If we would do something to help our add-on developers; 
> it's to build a more friendly way to offer/upgrade officially approved 
> add-ons via blender.org.
>
> Currently, afaik, there is only one company using this option (and 
> donating still): Sketchfab. I will connect with them.
>
> Feedback welcome,
>
> -Ton-
>
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> Ton Roosendaal - ton at blender.org - www.blender.org
> Chairman Blender Foundation, CEO Blender Institute / Studio
> Buikslotermeerplein 161, 1025 ET Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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