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Blender, the free and open source 3D creation software has pulled in another major supporter, with Netflix now funding future development.

Announced on the official Blender website, the Blender team noted it will go towards general core development, to continuously improved content creation and tooling for individuals and teams working in media and entertainment-related workflows. Everyone benefits from this since Blender is completely free - awesome news.

Netflix have joined as Corporate Patron, the highest level membership for companies. This means at a minimum Netflix will provide Blender with €240k a year.

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[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

invest a lot of money

it's only 240K.

[–] khannie@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

A year though. That's significant for visibility and long term planning.

[–] Yondoza@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago

The lowest donation in that tier is 240k, they could and are probably giving more.