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[#]: subject: (Epic Games Backs Blender Foundation with $1.2m Epic MegaGrants)
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[#]: via: (https://itsfoss.com/epic-games-blender-grant/)
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[#]: author: (Ankush Das https://itsfoss.com/author/ankush/)
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Epic Games 以 120 万美元的 Epic MegaGrants 支持Blender 基金会
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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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[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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[#]: subject: (Epic Games Backs Blender Foundation with $1.2m Epic MegaGrants)
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[#]: via: (https://itsfoss.com/epic-games-blender-grant/)
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[#]: author: (Ankush Das https://itsfoss.com/author/ankush/)
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Epic Games 给予 Blender 基金会 120 万美元的拨款支持
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[Epic MegaGrants][1] 是 [Epic Games][2] 的一个计划，用于支持游戏开发人员、企业专业人士、内容创建者和工具开发人员使用<ruby>虚幻引擎<rt>Unreal Engine</rt></ruby>（UE）做出神奇的作品或增强 3D 图形社区的开源功能。
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作为该计划的一部分，Epic Games 给予 [Blender 基金会][3] 120 万美元拨款以帮助改善他们的发展。如果你还不知道，Blender 是[最好的开源视频编辑][4]之一，特别是以创建专业的 3D 计算机图形而闻名。
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**Tim Sweeney**（Epic Games 的创始人兼首席执行官）这样评论这笔授予：
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> “开放式工具、库和平台对数字内容生态系统的未来至关重要。……Blender 是艺术社区持久的资源，我们的目标是确保其进步，造福所有创作者。”
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即使这是个好消息，也有人对此不满意。在本文中，我们将看一下得到该拨款后的 Blender 基金会的计划，以及人们对此的看法。
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### Blender 基金会的改进计划
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![Image Credit : BlenderNation][5]
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在[新闻稿][6]当中，Blender 基金会提到了如何利用这笔资金以及用于何种目的：
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> “Epic MegaGrant 将在未来三年内逐步交付，并将为 Blender 的<ruby>专业 Blender 发展计划<rt>Professionalizing Blender Development Initiative</rt></ruby>做出贡献。”
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所以，没错，这笔财务帮助将以现金提供 —— 但是，它要在 3 年内完成。也就是说，我们要期待 Blender 基金会及其软件质量得到重大改进还有很长时间。
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这是 **Ton Roosendaal**（Blender 基金会的创始人）需要说明的它将如何被利用：
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> “Epic Games 的支持对 Blender 是一个重要里程碑，”Blender 基金会的创始人兼董事长 Ton Roosendaal 说道。“由于这项拨款，我们将对我们的项目组织进行大量投入，以改善支持、协作和代码质量实践。因此，我们期望更多来自该行业的贡献者加入我们的项目。”
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### 为什么人们对此不是很喜欢？
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让我澄清一下，就我个人而言，我不喜欢用 Epic Game 的市场或客户端玩游戏。
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由于各种原因（功能、隐私等），我更喜欢 [Steam][7] 而不是 Epic Games。
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Epic Games 被称为游戏社区中的坏人，因为它最近几款游戏专属于其平台 —— 尽管很多人警告用户该平台上的隐私问题。
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不仅如此，Epic Games 的首席执行官在过去发过这样的推特：
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> 安装 Linux 相当于人们不喜欢美国的政治趋势时就搬到加拿大。
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> 不，我们必须为今天的自由而战，如今我们拥有自由。
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> - Tim Sweeney（@TimSweeneyEpic）[2018年2月15日][8]
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嗯，这并不直接暗示他讨厌 Linux 或者没有积极推动 Linux 的游戏开发 —— 但是只是因为很多历史情况，人们并不真正信任 Epic Games 的决策。所以，他们并不欣赏与 Blender 基金会的联系（即使这个财务帮助是积极的）。
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这与财务帮助无关。但是，Epic Games 缺乏良好的声誉（当然是主观的），因此，人们对此的看法是消极的。看看拨款公告后的一些推文：
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> 希望不要走向排它……这可能会破坏你的声誉。
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> - Ray（@ Epicshadow1994）[2019年7月15日][9]
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> 我对将来会变成什么样感到怀疑。EPIC 最近一直在采取敌对战术。
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> - acrid Heartwood（@acrid_heartwood）[2019年7月15日][10]
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### 总而言之
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你仍然可以[通过 Lutris 在 Linux 上运行 Epic Games][11]，但这是很单薄的非官方尝试。Epic Games 没有表示有兴趣正式支持该项目。
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所以，很明显不是每个人都信任 Epic Games。因此，这个消息带来了各种消极反应。
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但是，这笔拨款肯定会帮助 Blender 基金会改善其组织和软件质量。
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你怎么看待这件事？请在下面的评论中告诉我们您的想法。
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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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译者：[wxy](https://github.com/wxy)
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[a]: https://itsfoss.com/author/ankush/
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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://linux.cn/article-10968-1.html
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