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Updated BL text. 

This option has not been used for 3 years, and is very unlikely to happen
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Blender License 1.0 (the "BL", see http://www.blender.org/BL/ ).
Blender License (the "BL", see http://www.blender.org/BL/ ).
Copyright (C) 2002 Blender Foundation. All Rights Reserved.
Copyright (C) 2002-2005 Blender Foundation. All Rights Reserved.
For teams that don't want to operate under the GPL, we're also offering
this "non-GPL" Blender License option. This means that you can download
the latest sources and tools via FTP or CVS from our site and sign an
additional agreement with the Blender Foundation, so you can keep your
source modifications confidential. Contact the Blender Foundation via
email at license@blender.org so we can discuss how we handle the
practical matters.
This text supersedes the previous BL description, called Blender License 1.0.
A signed agreement allows you to do business with proprietary code, make
special derived versions, sell executables, projects or services,
provided that:
When the Blender source code was released in 2002, the Blender Foundation reserved
the right to offer licenses outside of the GNU GPL. This so-called "dual license"
model was chosen to provide potential revenues for the Blender Foundation.
1. The BL-ed code remains copyrighted by the original owners, and cannot
be transferred to other parties
The BL has not been activated yet. Partially because;
2. The BL-ed code cannot be published or re-distributed in any way, and
only be available for the internal staff that works directly on the
software itself. Employees of partners with which you co-develop on the
projects that include BL-ed code are considered 'internal staff' also.
- there has to be a clear benefit for Blender itself and its community of
developers and users.
- the developers who have copyrighted additions to the source code need to approve
the decision.
- the (c) holder NaN Holding has to approve on a standard License Contract
3. The BL-ed code can be used (sold, distributed) in parts or in its
whole only as an executable or as a compiled library/module and its
header files.
But most important;
4. The usage of the name Blender or the Blender logo is not included in
this license. Instead 'including Blender Foundation release X' (or
similar) can be used, with 'X' the version number of the initial Blender
Foundation release which you started with.
- the Blender Foundation is financially healthy, based on community support
(e-shop sales), sponsoring and subsidy grants
- current focus for the Blender Foundation is to not set up any commercial
activity related to Blender development.
- the GNU GPL provides sufficient freedom for third parties to conduct business
with Blender
5. Note that this BL has no authority over some of the external
libraries licenses which Blender links with.
For these reasons we've decided to cancel the BL offering for an indefinite period.
Additionally you get :
Third parties interested to discuss usage or exploitation of Blender can email
license@blender.org for further information.
1. The right to use Blender Foundation source updates for a 1 year
period.
2. Support. Details to be determined by the additional agreement.
You are invited to donate your proprietary changes back to the open
source community after a reasonable time period. You are of course free
to choose not to do this.
End of BL terms and conditions.
Ton Roosendaal
Chairman Blender Foundation.
June 2005