[CREATE] an interesting development?

[Camille Bissuel]

Ok, I read too quickly...

I was thinking to OpenSubdiv for example
http://www.blendernation.com/2014/05/12/pixars-opensubdiv-coming-soon-to-blender/
https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenSubdiv

but it's apache licensed, not the same.

Here is the official annoucement :
http://renderman.pixar.com/view/25946
and the EULA :
http://renderman.pixar.com/view/ncr-eula

Which say :
3. *No Modifications or Reverse Compilation*. END USER MAY NOT MODIFY,
TRANSLATE, DISASSEMBLE, REVERSE ENGINEER, DECOMPILE OR CREATE DERIVATIVE
WORKS BASED ON THE PIXAR SOFTWARE OR DOCUMENTATION OR ANY COPY, IN WHOLE OR
IN PART.

So, no code, no reverse engenering. False alert ...


Have a nice day nevertheless...

Camille




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2014-06-04 11:22 GMT+02:00 Jehan Pagès <jehan.marmottard at gmail.com>:

> Hi,
>
> On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 9:00 AM, Camille Bissuel <camille at nylnook.com>
> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > at least, it can allow Blender's people to study the code... maybe it may
> > help the Cycle rendering engine.
>
> Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think that the linked article
> writes about source code anywhere. The way I understood it, they just
> provide a license free-of-charge for non-commercial usage. In other
> words they would just provide the binary, not any source code.
>
> Also even though they might provide source code, this is always
> dangerous usage of non-FLOSS source code. If a piece of code in a
> FLOSS program ends up too close from a proprietary code, you might end
> up sued. And that's not even speaking about software patents on
> algorithms (which are not valid in Europe, but people tend to be
> careful anyway)...
>
> Jehan
>
> > So that's quite a good news ;)
> >
> > Have a nice day,
> > Camille
> >
> > Nylnook
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> > 1480 route de Corréo
> > 05 400 La Roche-des-Arnauds
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> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 2014-06-03 19:29 GMT+02:00 Ricardo Lafuente <
> r at manufacturaindependente.org>:
> >
> >> The source doesn't appear to be available, and the restrictive uses
> >> (personal and noncommercial use only) make this very non-free software.
> >>
> >> On 06/03/2014 05:37 PM, Gregory Pittman wrote:
> >> > http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-27677712
> >> >
> >> > I'm not sure if there is any interface with Blender and RenderMan...
> >> >
> >> > Greg
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