POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.general : Mega-Pov or V3.5? : Re: Mega-Pov or V3.5? Server Time
7 Aug 2024 09:26:59 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Mega-Pov or V3.5?  
From: Zeger Knaepen
Date: 29 Jan 2002 21:55:26
Message: <3c57609e$1@news.povray.org>
> Yes.  Most of that has to do with having total ownership over the code.  It
> might surprise you to know that some of the code is not necessarily ours to
> do with as we will.  Thus, we can't really rewrite large chunks of the
> license.
didn't know that.

> But is that what you would do if it had been years since an official version
> was released, the users were getting restless, and 4.0 was probably still
> years away?
Do users really need an official version every few years?  I'm happy with unofficial
patches, as long as they work the way I expect :)

> BTW, parts of the 4.0 rewrite have already started.  Option handling is
> totally redone in 3.5, for example.
kewl :)

cu!
--
camera{location-z*3}#macro G(b,e)b+(e-b)*(C/50)#end#macro L(b,e,k,l)#local C=0
;#while(C<50)sphere{G(b,e),.1pigment{rgb G(k,l)}finish{ambient 1}}#local C=C+1
;#end#end L(y-x,y,x,x+y)L(y,-x-y,x+y,y)L(-x-y,-y,y,y+z)L(-y,y,y+z,x+y)L(0,x+y,
<.5,1,.5>,x)L(0,x-y,<.5,1,.5>,x)               // ZK http://www.povplace.be.tf


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