This is very Kewl, The source should help us? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jordan Wilberding" <diginux@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <aztec-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, July 20, 2002 11:24 AM Subject: [aztec-users] Fwd: [olug] Fundraiser to make Blender Open Source > > Just thought some people here might be interested. > > -Jordan Wilberding > > -------------- > > Dear Blender user, > > Finally some good news. It looks like Blender will get a new future. > I've managed to make a deal with the investors in NaN, to agree on a > plan to make Blender become an open source project, published as GNU > GPL. This will be organized by an independent non-profit organisation, > the 'Blender Foundation'. > > You can read about this at the Blender site: > > http://www.blender3d.com > > Before you go there... there's one 'but' involved. The Foundation will > have to pay 100k euro (or USD) to NaN in order to make it happen. That > money will be collected with a campaign during the next month. I > honestly expect we can find big sponsors to help us out, but I'm afraid > it also comes down to you, as the individual Blender user. > > I hope you consider making a donation; you can become Foundation Member > for 50 euro (or USD), which will also give you some nice extras during > the campaign. > > Let's make Blender Free Software forever! > > -Ton Roosendaal- > Blender Foundation > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > This is not an official mailing list, you cannot subscribe or > unsubscribe. > > You receive this mail only in the context of the 'free Blender fund' > campaign. We have your email address because you've mailed us in the > past, or subscribed to the www.blender.nl or www.elysiun.com website. > > If you want to receive updates on Blender and the campaign, please > subscribe to the new mailing list on the www.blender3d.com homepage. > > Sorry if the mail reaches the wrong person. We hate spam as much as you > do... > > > -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ > > For help contact olug-help@xxxxxxxx - run by ezmlm > to unsubscribe, send mail to olug-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxx > or `mail olug-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxx < /dev/null` > (c)1998-2002 OLUG http://www.olug.org > > -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ > > ------------------------------------------------------- >