[plug] [link] 20% deposit down on a EUR100,000 blender

[Simon Scott]

On Sunday 21 July 2002 9:29 pm, Leon Brooks wrote:
> Remember Blender, the 3D interactive modeller which runs on Linux? The
> shareholders in the proprietary company which holds copyright on it have
> offered to free it for EUR100,000.

wow, if that goes down it will be a first - but Id like to see what 
components will be removed due to licensing restrictions first :) 

>
> In _3_days_ of fundraising, the Blender Fund have collected EUR13,000, been
> promised another EUR8,500, and people have indicated intent to donate
> another EUR2,500. For scale, a Euro is roughly AUD$2.
>
>     http://www.blender3d.com/
>
> Cheers; Leon