Software used by Studio Ghibli and Futurama will soon be Open Source

dupe: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=11322070" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=11322070</a>

&quot;...and for a period of time was part of Microsoft’s Softimage arm, which later became Autodesk.&quot; Weird phrasing. Softimage was aquired by Microsoft, then later sold to Avid, which then sold it on to Autodesk.