"Rick [Kitty5]" wrote:
> 
> > I have the original sPatch archive if you need it...
> 
> maybe you should post it to p.b.u, or maybe see about getting the site
> mirrored on povray.org, afterall, it is one of the best povray tools ever,
> and unfortunatly development seems to have died off a long time ago.
> 
> I have contacted the author a few times enquiring about its status, and get
> the impression that he is up to his eyeballs with life, and has neither the
> time or motivation to continue its development, which is a great shame.
> 
> maybe if we can get the right team together, can come to an agreement with
> the author we can get this stunning peice of work back into main stream
> development.
> 
> Rick

I might, with the permission of Mike and the POV-Team, get the
archive posted at the povray.org ftp site but as was already
mentioned the chances of getting a development group working
on the program is not possible. It is not open source and
there are legal reasons why it will not become so.

There is a Japanese patch modeller in the works with similar
functionality that is showing promise and it is in active
developement. Hopefully they will fill in the gap left by
the lack of developement of sPatch.

-- 
Ken Tyler - 1400+ POV-Ray, Graphics, 3D Rendering, and Raytracing Links:
http://home.pacbell.net/tylereng/index.html http://www.povray.org/links/

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