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But you don't get the point.

I probably don't, but I know full well what is most likely going to happen with the project, especially if nothing changes from the present. 

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Quote - The GPL is very restrictive; Using the example of a figure, since conforming clothing uses the figure's grouping and rigging, any conforming clothing for a GPL licensed figure would also be GPL licensed...

Again, restrictive for whom? The user or the merchant? No dodging now... 

Incidentally, I disagree on the clothing issue - it would be more akin to writing a binary, since the derivation would stop with the mesh. After all, a binary uses the kernel's calls and API (groups/rigging), but it doesn't use the kernel's code (mesh).

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Quote - Antonia represents choice. Now, users have had choice before - Miki3 / Mariko / other for-pay figures...

Err, a little secret I need to divulge: There has always been choice - including the default Poser figures, which come with Poser for free... This has been the case ever since Posette and Dork, come to think of it. 

Quote - Whether Antonia becomes the next V4 in terms of popularity is completely immaterial.

Indeed - like I said before, it isn't about marketshare, it's about mindshare. OTOH and unfortunately, in this realm? The two things influence each other far more tightly (merchants don't make stuff for unpopular figures, etc), so you cannot quite divorce the two entirely. 

Quote - Figure creators have been inspired and new figures are on the horizon because Antonia has shown that the potential of viability of a non-Millenium series figure is significantly more assured than it has been in the past, naysayers notwithstanding.

Eh? It's inspiring and all, but you left out why you think that is the case. I mean, we have heard this tune before after all - when Apollo came out, when Miki came out, etc.  

BTW, I'm not naysaying here, I'm challenging you and your team to rise above the mundane. You're going to have to show all of us why this mesh will have any longevity, especially if you want to attract any significant merchant attention. Simply saying so isn't going to cut it.

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Quote - Damn, and no one's mentioned Android (also Linux). I'm miffed

Oh, c'mon... I did - it's filed under embedded devices. ;)