> Zeger Knaepen <zeg### [at] povplacecom> wrote:
>>> POVRay has always been free and I hope it will remain so. If it suddenly 
>>> requires an expensive developement suite like VisualStudio that blows the 
>>> whole "free" thing out of the water.
> 
>> uhm, VisualStudio Express is free, isn't it ?
> 
>   Portability anyone?
> 
>   Not everyone uses Windows, you know.

What prevents POV-Ray to become :
[Render Core + Framework libraries + Official (new) SDL making use of 
the framework]

The libraries would be written in C++, like the rest. No need for
proprietary or non-free stuff.

This would allow POV-Ray to be controlled by something else than
"official" SDL (in a more open architecture), though the normal user 
would only see SDL.

Unrealistic ?

Fabien.

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