Today Anthropic joins the Blender Development Fund as corporate sponsor.

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@Blender I don't begrudge any FOSS org from shaking pennies out of corporate couch cushions so to speak to keep the lights on, *but there's something real ick* about taking money from a source that is hellbent on destroying FOSS communities—and worst, allowing their slop to enter your codebase.

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@0x4d6165 Empty words from people that do not donate honestly.

I could argue everyone is a shitstain for making these companies rely on big tech for donations.

Once again, you're not fixing anything by swearing at your allies

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@Blender everyone who thought this was a good idea should lose their job because war profiteers can do it worse

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@the_wub I don't have personal experience with Bforartists. From what I can tell, it is a soft fork of Blender. This means it is very much dependent on whatever the Blender Foundation does and 'just' builds UI changes on top of that.

@Blender

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@JoshuaACNewman @Blender They've had Meta and Google as sponsors for years. Didn't change Blender, just more funding for development. How are they different?

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@the_wub @Rakkom @Blender Might be a way to find out: https://github.com/Bforartists/Bforartists/issues/6506 (Please don't pile on and try to do only thoguhtful responses.)

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@Blender ah plmdds mama aqui ó glub glub

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@Rakkom @Blender Yes, I realised that after reading a bit more after I tooted.

But it seems that Blender already is using AI generated/reviewed code.

So an AI-free fork would have to start from an older release.

Therefore using Bforartists would not change much.

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@ninjadodo @Blender
Are Google and Meta dedicated to destroying art and artists?

For them, it’s an unintended consequence that they don’t understand.

For Anthropic, it’s the heart of the business model.

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@SecondUniverse @Blender there's the blender for artists fork, gonna try and find out their position: https://github.com/Bforartists/Bforartists/issues/6506 (please try to respond thoughtfully if you happen to comment)

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@Blender ratio

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@mynameistillian @Blender how hard could it be to create another 3d modeler/animator, cutting from the project anything that's tied to a corporation?

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@Blender what the actual fuck

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@Blender Whatever they paid you in the short term won’t be worth the long term consequences. #slop

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@fsiddi did you not think welcoming and posting such a whitewashed description of a company that has pirated the work of many of your users, your coders and your existing donors might just be a teensy bit of a reputation-nuker?

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@Blender THIS SUCKS SO MUCH

I have NEVER seen a toot with THAT MUCH replies and *every one of them* is telling you not to do it (except one I think).

PLEASE DONT DO THIS. As other said, you are going to, in ONE INSTANT, sabotaging DECADES of community trust.

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@Blender Boy that ratio...

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@leroy Meta is already listed as a corporate sponsor on their funding page (and has been for a long time), as is Google and also Adobe. Seems no different.

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@fsiddi @titania is it just a donation? The announcement I saw said they were becoming a corporate sponsor.

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@Blender the complete picture is that you accepted funding from the leopard eating faces party. Please reconsider.