Lucifer and Kai,

Kai brings up a point that I'm certainly unqualified to confirm or deny.

I believe it is OK to package and distribute LuxRender with Poser, just as it is OK to package and distribute Python with Poser. It is open source. Reality also packages and distributes LuxRender and I'm pretty sure Paolo did not ask permission first. I think that because just a couple days ago he was speaking to the main Lux dev in the Daz forum, and it was obvious it was the first time they had ever communicated.

The downside is that if SM were to include it, they would be taking on support issues.

Customer: Smith Micro you stupid morons, why do I get these white dots when I render in LuxRender?

SM: Please speak to the LuxRender developers. We just included it. We didn't write it.

Customer: Why did you include broken software? Why do you make Poser so dependant on 3rd party software? Why why why don't you hire 1000 developers but still sell me Poser for $30?

SM: * Sigh *

 

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