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From: Tom Sirgedas
Subject: POV-ray in commercial software
Date: 15 Feb 2008 18:30:01
Message: <web.47b62005944dba22386913cb0@news.povray.org>
Hello,

I'm interested in possibly using POV-ray to create some nice graphical effects
for an existing commercial paint program (closed source).  Is this allowed?  I
think the answer is 'no', but I wanted to make sure.

....

This part of the POV-Ray Modification License seems to say no:

  1.5. Neither the Licensed Version nor any Modified Version may be linked
       into any other software package either at compile-time using (for
       example) an object code linker nor at run-time as (for example) a DLL,
       ActiveX control, OLE server, COM/DCOM server, or other remoting system
       including, without limitation, any linkage that could blur the
       end-user's perception of which program provides which functions.


But part of the POV-Ray Distribution License says this:

3.1. Subject to the terms and conditions of this agreement, and in
     return for Distributor agreeing to be bound by the terms of this
     agreement, POV grants the Distributor permission to make a copy of
     the Software in any of the following circumstances:

      (d) by including the Software as part of a Distribution where:

            (i) neither the primary nor a substantial purpose of the
                distribution of the Distribution is the distribution of
                the Software.  That is, the distribution of the Software
                is merely incidental to the distribution of the
                Distribution; and

            (ii) if the Software was not included in the Distribution,
                 the remaining software and data included within the
                 Distribution would continue to function effectively and
                 according to its advertised or intended purpose;


Tom


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From: Kyle
Subject: Re: POV-ray in commercial software
Date: 15 Feb 2008 19:58:42
Message: <k3dcr3h6ch0eh35g4e2jvj0g0dcq8etoah@4ax.com>
On Fri, 15 Feb 2008 18:28:46 EST, "Tom Sirgedas" <ts_### [at] yahoocom> wrote:

>Hello,
>
>I'm interested in possibly using POV-ray to create some nice graphical effects
>for an existing commercial paint program (closed source).  Is this allowed?  I
>think the answer is 'no', but I wanted to make sure.

What is your definition of "using" POV-ray?  Perhaps you could be a little more
specific?


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From: David Buck
Subject: Re: POV-ray in commercial software
Date: 15 Feb 2008 20:58:06
Message: <47b6432e$1@news.povray.org>
If you model a scene and render it with POVRay, the resulting image is 
your property and you can do what you wish with it. Embedding POVRay 
itself into a commercial application as the rendering engine isn't allowed.

David Buck

Tom Sirgedas wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm interested in possibly using POV-ray to create some nice graphical effects
> for an existing commercial paint program (closed source).  Is this allowed?  I
> think the answer is 'no', but I wanted to make sure.
>


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From: nemesis
Subject: Re: POV-ray in commercial software
Date: 15 Feb 2008 23:38:41
Message: <47b668d1$1@news.povray.org>
David Buck wrote:
> If you model a scene and render it with POVRay, the resulting image is 
> your property and you can do what you wish with it. Embedding POVRay 
> itself into a commercial application as the rendering engine isn't allowed.

ChiefArchitect uses povray as the render engine.  I'm guessing it's 
licensed.


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From: Kyle
Subject: Re: POV-ray in commercial software
Date: 16 Feb 2008 00:17:40
Message: <q9scr3145gnm48iu7o8mcitfohon15gh1u@4ax.com>
On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 02:39:02 -0200, nemesis <nam### [at] nospamgmailcom> wrote:

>ChiefArchitect uses povray as the render engine.  I'm guessing it's 
>licensed.

No need to guess, that was the answer you received to your November 25th post about
it...

http://news.povray.org/povray.general/thread/%3Cweb.4749da59e80846a5794cbdf00%40news.povray.org%3E/


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From: nemesis
Subject: Re: POV-ray in commercial software
Date: 16 Feb 2008 00:45:01
Message: <web.47b6782f80f573b5b47822870@news.povray.org>
Kyle <hob### [at] gatenet> wrote:
> On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 02:39:02 -0200, nemesis <nam### [at] nospamgmailcom> wrote:
>
> >ChiefArchitect uses povray as the render engine.  I'm guessing it's
> >licensed.
>
> No need to guess, that was the answer you received to your November 25th post about
it...

to be given permission is not exactly to be licensed.


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