Hello. We in the community of Synfig Studio are interested in coming under your Software Freedom Conservancy umbrella.
Synfig Studio is a 2D vector animation software. It is highly competent and very versatile with a value node system where almost anything can be animated. Different values can be connected and complex math formulas can be used to create intricate relationships. In this aspect it is very much up to par and rivaling with proprietary 2D animation systems. Often even surpassing them. Currently the team behind Synfig Studio is a loose network of volunteers from around the world without any formal organisation. We count coding developers, design developers, animation professionals and enthusiasts to our group. Different aspects of the Synfig eco system heavily relies on the presence of single key individuals and it could suffer much if any of those few persons for some reason dissapears. We would like to join mainly to get stability to the project. We would need some overhead organisation, gathering all of the Synfig infrastructure like user accounts and passwords, web servers and services, web stores, etc. We also need someone to have an overall responsibility over the economics, managing donations, etc. In review Software Freedom Conservancy seems perfectly ideal for Synfigs needs. Synfig is now seeing a quite active development. In recent years several long time committed developers have started on the project. We have several large features in the making; A migration of the internal render engine to Cairo for a faster and more responsive canvas is in development, GUI elements are being reworked for a better user experience and better workflow, a bone system is planned, etc. The future for Synfig is looking bright with interested developers, new users coming every month and an ongoing work to create a better, faster workflow and a more appealing software. Our goal is to offer a serious f/loss alternative as a professional 2D animation tool, much like Blender nowadays is a viable option in the 3D animation field. Regards, The Synfig community though David Rylander, Sweden. Contacts: Mail: r...@synfig.org Synfig developers mailing list: synfig-devl@lists.sourceforge.net IRC: #synfig on the irc.freenode.net IRC network forum: http://synfig.org/forums/ web site: synfig.org -- David Rylander Rylander Animation Bergsrådsvägen 102, bv 12842 Bagarmossen. 0708-461978 da...@rylanderanimation.se www.rylanderanimation.se ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Synfig-devl mailing list Synfig-devl@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/synfig-devl
