Comments on: Imagination kills off Brazil r/s 2 for 3ds Max http://www.cgchannel.com/2012/05/imagination-kills-off-brazil-rs-2-for-3ds-max/ Community for Entertainment Artists Thu, 14 Mar 2013 03:06:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Jim Thacker http://www.cgchannel.com/2012/05/imagination-kills-off-brazil-rs-2-for-3ds-max/#comment-27939 Jim Thacker Mon, 21 May 2012 15:53:38 +0000 http://www.cgchannel.com/?p=37402#comment-27939 Jeez… I must have read that sentence about five times, as well. Fixed now.

]]> By: Rawa http://www.cgchannel.com/2012/05/imagination-kills-off-brazil-rs-2-for-3ds-max/#comment-27899 Rawa Sun, 20 May 2012 20:28:55 +0000 http://www.cgchannel.com/?p=37402#comment-27899 “Users of 3ds Max for Rhino”…. Really?

]]> By: E http://www.cgchannel.com/2012/05/imagination-kills-off-brazil-rs-2-for-3ds-max/#comment-27805 E Sat, 19 May 2012 13:02:08 +0000 http://www.cgchannel.com/?p=37402#comment-27805 Maybe because if everything goes open source nobody can make a living of developing 3d tools and eventually progress stops because the most obvious of incentives has been killed. Or they are hoping somebody makes them and offer for the software or the developers. Or possibly there might be some patent or rights issues. Lots of possible reasons. We probably haven’t heard the last yet anyway.

]]> By: vjaramillo http://www.cgchannel.com/2012/05/imagination-kills-off-brazil-rs-2-for-3ds-max/#comment-27763 vjaramillo Fri, 18 May 2012 23:10:23 +0000 http://www.cgchannel.com/?p=37402#comment-27763 Wow…First lightscape and now Brazil. Didn’t know it was still available and people were still using it in their pipeline.

]]> By: strattonbrazil http://www.cgchannel.com/2012/05/imagination-kills-off-brazil-rs-2-for-3ds-max/#comment-27738 strattonbrazil Fri, 18 May 2012 16:35:02 +0000 http://www.cgchannel.com/?p=37402#comment-27738 @Meatpuppet: There could be any number of reasons. The first and most legitimate is the possibility that the tool contains 3rd-party closed-source code, which they legally can’t release. If a company decides to open source their code, they have to vigorously make sure they aren’t doing something they’ll get sued for, so it takes time and money to approve.

Also, as the article states, they still sell rendering products so there’s little motivation to release a free product that may compete with their own sales.

]]> By: Meatpuppet http://www.cgchannel.com/2012/05/imagination-kills-off-brazil-rs-2-for-3ds-max/#comment-27675 Meatpuppet Fri, 18 May 2012 02:13:20 +0000 http://www.cgchannel.com/?p=37402#comment-27675 Why not make it free and oopen source?

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