In this video, we talk about the news that Adobe is the newest contributor to the Blender development fund with a gold level corporate sponsorship. But is this a good thing?

ADOBE DEVELOPMENT FUND ANNOUNCEMENT
https://www.blender.org/press/adobe-joins-blender-development-fund/

BLENDER ARTISTS ADOBE DEVELOPMENT FUND THREAD
https://blenderartists.org/t/adobe-joins-blender-development-fund/1317361/13

BLENDER DEVELOPMENT FUND HOMEPAGE (Please Support)
https://fund.blender.org/

BLENDER DEVELOPMENT FUND SUPPORT DEFINITIONS
https://fund.blender.org/corporate-memberships/

DECODED VIDEO ABOUT ADOBE SITUATION
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CyDGc2Z_LQ />
TWITTER THREAD ABOUT BLENDER OPEN SOURCE STATUS
https://twitter.com/LucaRood/status/1288840365966057473

BLENDER SUBSTANCE ADD ON TUTORIAL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ma1zr_4JWww />
SOUTHERN SHOTTY BLENDER MIXAMO ADD ON TUTORIAL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NRuoUdwO8I />
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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 – Introduction
0:31 – What’s the actual Development Fund Contribution ?
1:10 – Does a contribution give Adobe any control over Blender?
1:35 – Could Adobe even acquire Blender? (Decoded Video breakdown)
1:56 – Why buying/acquiring Blender is basically impossible
2:20 – So why would Adobe want to contribute?
2:46 – New Adobe Substance add-on
3:07 – New Adobe Mixamo Add-on (Southern Shotty Tutorial)
3:20 – Should Blender even work with non-open source companies?
4:20 – Opinions from the Blender Artists thread
5:13 – Head to the comments and let me know what you think!