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One of my old-fav 3D modelling tools — Modo — just died. But, the company is giving everyone a free 10-year license! These production-quality 3D modelling tools have some of the most complex GUIs in existence. Every one is unique, a Galapagos Island of HCI. (link in next skeet)

11/11/24, 11:46 pm5 reposts35 likes

Ivy Reese

@spiralganglion.com

11 Nov 2024

Aside from Blender, it's rare to get your hands on one of these tools without paying $$$$. This is a tremendous opportunity to study this corner of the GUI map. License: campaigns.foundry.com/modo-eol-lic... Download (requires a free account): www.foundry.com/products/mod...

Banda Bassotti

@orpach.neocities.org

12 Nov 2024

Enterprise software is weird. Why do this an not release a version that doesn't need to be activated? I'm assuming it's far too tangled in contracts to be freely relicensed in something like AGPL.

Ivy Reese

@spiralganglion.com

12 Nov 2024

Probably easiest to just keep the existing systems rolling than do a bunch of work to prep an entirely new kind of release. And yeah, I hope they go source-available after 10 years are up, but licensing might be too big a business risk.