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自动选题: 20190718 Epic Games Backs Blender Foundation with $1.2m Epic MegaGrants
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Epic Games Backs Blender Foundation with $1.2m Epic MegaGrants
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[Epic MegaGrants][1] is a program by [Epic Games][2] to support game developers, enterprise professionals, content creators and tool developers doing amazing things with Unreal Engine or enhancing open-source capabilities for the 3D graphics community.
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As part of that, Epic Games granted [Blender Foundation][3] $1.2 million to help improve their development. If you didn’t know already, Blender is one of the [best open source video editors][4] and specifically famous for creating professional 3D computer graphics.
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**Tim Sweeney** (_Founder and CEO of Epic Games_) also commented on the grant:
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> “Open tools, libraries and platforms are critical to the future of the digital content ecosystem,. “Blender is an enduring resource within the artistic community, and we aim to ensure its advancement to the benefit of all creators.”
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Even if this is good news, there are people who are not happy with this. In this article, we shall take a look at the plans of Blender Foundation after the grant, and what people think about it.
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### Blender Foundation Plans for Improvement
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![Image Credit : BlenderNation][5]
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In the [press release][6], Blender Foundation has mentioned how the money will be utilized and for what purpose:
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> “_The Epic MegaGrant will be delivered incrementally over the next three years and will contribute to Blender’s Professionalizing Blender Development Initiative._“
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So, yes, the financial help will be provided in cash – however, it will happen in the course of 3 years. This is a significant amount of time where we can expect major improvements to the Blender Foundation and its quality of software.
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Here’s what **Ton Roosendaal** (Founder of Blender Foundation) had to say about how it is going to be utilized;
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> “_Having Epic Games on board is a major milestone for Blender,” said Blender Foundation founder and chairman Ton Roosendaal. “Thanks to the grant we will make a significant investment in our project organization to improve on-boarding, coordination and best practices for code quality. As a result, we expect more contributors from the industry to join our projects.”_
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### Why are some people not happy about this?
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Let me make this clear – personally, I do not like Epic Game’s marketplace or the client to play games.
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I would prefer [Steam][7] over Epic Games for a variety of reasons (features, privacy, and so on).
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However, Epic Games is known as the bad guy in the gaming community because it made several recent games exclusive to its platform – even though a lot of people warned users about the privacy issues on their platform.
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Not only this, the CEO of Epic Games tweeted this in the past:
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> Installing Linux is sort of the equivalent of moving to Canada when one doesn’t like US political trends.
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> Nope, we’ve got to fight for the freedoms we have today, where we have them today.
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> — Tim Sweeney (@TimSweeneyEpic) [February 15, 2018][8]
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Well, that does not directly imply that he hates Linux or does not actively promote game development for Linux – but there’s just a lot of history and people do not really trust Epic Games for its decisions. So, they do not appreciate the association with Blender Foundation (even it is a positive thing with the financial help).
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This has nothing to do with financial help. But, Epic Games does not have a good reputation (it is subjective – of course) – hence, the negativity. Take a look at some of the tweets after the grant announcement:
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> Hope you arent going exclusive now…. you might ruin your reputation.
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> — Ray (@Epicshadow1994) [July 15, 2019][9]
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> I'm sceptical of what this turns into down the road. Too much epic has been doing nothing but hostile tactics lately.
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> — acrid Heartwood (@acrid_heartwood) [July 15, 2019][10]
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**Wrapping Up**
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You can still [run Epic Games on Linux via Lutris][11] but that’s very feeble unofficial attempt. Epic Games has showed no interest to support officially.
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So, it is obvious that not everyone trusts Epic Games. Hence, all the negativity that comes along with this news.
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However, this grant will definitely help Blender Foundation improve its organization and the quality of software.
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What do you think about this? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.
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via: https://itsfoss.com/epic-games-blender-grant/
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作者：[Ankush Das][a]
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选题：[lujun9972][b]
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[a]: https://itsfoss.com/author/ankush/
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[b]: https://github.com/lujun9972
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[1]: https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/megagrants
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[2]: https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/
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[3]: https://www.blender.org/
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[4]: https://itsfoss.com/open-source-video-editors/
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[5]: https://i1.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/epic-games-blender-megagrant.jpg?resize=800%2C450&ssl=1
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[6]: https://www.blender.org/press/epic-games-supports-blender-foundation-with-1-2-million-epic-megagrant/
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[7]: https://itsfoss.com/install-steam-ubuntu-linux/
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[8]: https://twitter.com/TimSweeneyEpic/status/964284402741149698?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
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[9]: https://twitter.com/Epicshadow1994/status/1150787326626263042?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
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[10]: https://twitter.com/acrid_heartwood/status/1150789691979030528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
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[11]: https://itsfoss.com/epic-games-lutris-linux/
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