Not much paperwork, Noel, really.

But of course, they must draw a line somewhere between Artist/Pro versions. And it's a known fact that if you need to use py, you need a pro version. Before the split between Artist/pro, the highest Artist version was Pro Studio and there was no python in it, and no one complained. But then came Complete (which imho should include python).

If I were to compare the divide between Pro and Artist, Maxon did the same thing last year, and took away some features from lesser versions. They even took away Global illumination from the cheapest version. I found it really stupid. But they kept python. Vue kept GI, and took away python.

The bottom line is companies make choices, and we follow or we don't. It paid off for both companies, apparently, even if it left some users behind.