"Chris B" <nom### [at] nomailcom> wrote:
> "clipka" <ano### [at] anonymousorg> wrote in message
> news:4aa017b6$1@news.povray.org...
> > Mr schrieb:
> >> Unfortunately, it's the exporter I'm using :( Blend2pov) a gpl version
> >> used to
> >> exist but nobody has ported it to the current version of blender 2.49
> >> without
> >> closing the source afterwards and since it's not a script anyway but
> >> hardcoded,
> >
> > How can someone modify a GPLed piece of software and release it without
> > providing access to the source code?
>
> I would imagine it would have to be the original author/copyright holder,
> who is at liberty to relicense versions so long as the alternative licensing
> doesn't conflict with the rights that he's already given in perpetuity to
> use, modify and redistribute the original GPL'ed code.

He's not the original author of the code. But anyway... He's not ignoring
feedback.  He's the only one maintaining code synchronised with Blender CVS, so
I implicitly agreed to his terms. I just want to use whatever works.

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