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If I remember correctly that depends a lot on the interpretation of the word linking in the GPL. A lot of the license language only works reliably for C code an

by ygra 5y ago

If I remember correctly that depends a lot on the interpretation of the word linking in the GPL. A lot of the license language only works reliably for C code and expectations around it, and things tend to break down in more dynamic languages.

app4soft 5y ago
> A lot of the license language only works reliably for C Few years ago Ton Roosendaal clarified Blender licensing in a long thread on Twitter: > Blender is Free Software. It's free to use for everyone. Free to use for any purpose, also commercially. Blender is free to share with others, free to study its sources and free make new versions. Blender is free, forever. #b3d[0] > This freedom is what makes the GNU GPL license so powerful and it's why it's much more than "open source". The license simply prevents anyone to put restrictions on Blender. That protects users as well as everyone who contribute to Blender.[1] > If you decide to contribute to Blender, whether as Python script or as C++ code, you have to agree on this freedom. You can keep all rights of your own work, but if you publish or sell or share Blender code, you do it just as Free as Blender is.[2] > Blender add-ons work, look and feel like Blender features. And as for any other Blender feature that means - it has to be free, free and free forever! Paying for an add-on just means access to the add-on download service... offering it to you as GNU GPL. Your freedom guaranteed.[3] [0] https://twitter.com/tonroosendaal/status/1135229214607773696 https://twitter.com/tonroosendaal/status/1135229214607773696 [1] https://twitter.com/tonroosendaal/status/1135229215761195009 https://twitter.com/tonroosendaal/status/1135229215761195009 [2] https://twitter.com/tonroosendaal/status/1135229217040474113 https://twitter.com/tonroosendaal/status/1135229217040474113 [3] https://twitter.com/tonroosendaal/status/1135229221838761984 https://twitter.com/tonroosendaal/status/1135229221838761984

by ygra 5y ago

app4soft 5y ago

> A lot of the license language only works reliably for C Few years ago Ton Roosendaal clarified Blender licensing in a long thread on Twitter: > Blender is Free Software. It's free to use for everyone. Free to use for any purpose, also commercially. Blender is free to share with others, free to study its sources and free make new versions. Blender is free, forever. #b3d[0] > This freedom is what makes the GNU GPL license so powerful and it's why it's much more than "open source". The license simply prevents anyone to put restrictions on Blender. That protects users as well as everyone who contribute to Blender.[1] > If you decide to contribute to Blender, whether as Python script or as C++ code, you have to agree on this freedom. You can keep all rights of your own work, but if you publish or sell or share Blender code, you do it just as Free as Blender is.[2] > Blender add-ons work, look and feel like Blender features. And as for any other Blender feature that means - it has to be free, free and free forever! Paying for an add-on just means access to the add-on download service... offering it to you as GNU GPL. Your freedom guaranteed.[3] [0] https://twitter.com/tonroosendaal/status/1135229214607773696 https://twitter.com/tonroosendaal/status/1135229214607773696 [1] https://twitter.com/tonroosendaal/status/1135229215761195009 https://twitter.com/tonroosendaal/status/1135229215761195009 [2] https://twitter.com/tonroosendaal/status/1135229217040474113 https://twitter.com/tonroosendaal/status/1135229217040474113 [3] https://twitter.com/tonroosendaal/status/1135229221838761984 https://twitter.com/tonroosendaal/status/1135229221838761984