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From: sean@ms.uky.edu (Sean Casey)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: Ray Tracer
Keywords: NFF Docs needed
Message-ID: <10207@s.ms.uky.edu>
Date: 3 Sep 88 23:59:52 GMT
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In article <2660@uoregon.uoregon.edu> markv@drizzle.UUCP (Mark VandeWettering) writes:
>	Isn't DBW Render copyrighted?  I believe the source code may not
>	be redistributed, I tried to obtain the sources, but aborted
>	because of the restriction on use/redistribution.

The first release of DBW Render was freely redistributable. I believe it
even found it's way to a Fish disk. The story I hear is of an evil employer
seeing $$$ and telling Dave that since he wrote it on the company computer
it belongs to the company and that no further releases may be given away.

The current release uses "Look Up A Word In The Manual" type copy
protection, the most annoying kind I have experienced to date.

If someone really wants to pay for an Amiga ray tracer, I'd send him in the
direction of one of Turbo Silver, Videoscape 3D, or Sculpt 3D, all excellent
products. These products are in fierce competition with each other, and get
better all the time. I saw a pamphlet in Turbo Silver that had an ad for a
fascinating terrain generator module.  Just think, combine a high quality
terrain generator and the logistics of a board wargame...

Oh yeah, I hear that some of the commercial Amiga ray tracing software is
being ported to the Mac II. These products have been around for a while, so
it's a good chance for Mac users to get their hands on some already-evolved
ray-tracing software.

Sean
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