Thomas wrote:
> 
> [...]
> , but I see no reason why the rendering
> core could be ported to other platforms quite easily, pov does the same in the
> end. 

Not really correct, the Povray rendering engine is originally designed as
being portable, the platform specific frontends are purely optional.

> [...]
> , but zrcube
> adds a few very interesting feature, most notably network rendering. Which is a
> VERY big miss in pov. What I also like about zrcube is the license, it has been
> licensed under GPL which means everyone can do with the code whatever they want,
> as long as they provide the sources as well.

On both things there were lengthy discussions in the past.  

Concerning network rendering: The main concern is portability again, it
will be quite impossible to set up an universal system that works with all
platforms povray currently runs on.  

Christoph

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