Just a few questions about blender

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This all may have been covered before but i thought it would not hurt to ask for those of use that missed it.

*blender is a great program, so why is it offered for free, the least expensive 3d program i have seen is about $250, so even if blender were sold at around $100 they would still make a ton of money? So why is blender free?

*i hear a lot about the bleder creator Ton. Does Ton frequent elysiun, and has he ever posted any of his own art here? what is his nickname?

blender is a great program, and i’m so greatfull for it, but i’m also curious about this powerfull software and were it has come from.

thanks in advance

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its free because its free. it became open source a time ago and it became like you downloaded it. the goal of blender is providing a good program to a big public

there is some history at www.blender3d.org .

ton roosendaal doesnt come much here. he is mainly a blender developer. his username is ton.

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hint
history:
http://www.blender.org/modules/documentation/htmlI/x115.html