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Show HN: Manim (3Blue1Brown's animation engine) in the browser via WebGPU

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Re: Show HN: Manim (3Blue1Brown's animation engine) in the browser via WebGPU

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Post by rvz »

Aurornis wrote: post #30
rvz wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Maybe manim should not have used MIT as the license in the first place, since the license permits it.

MIT license does not give someone license to advertise a completely different project with your project's name and the name of its famous author.

On the website and even here, there is no advertisement of an endorsement or use of the author's name for this product. In fact, it is an attribution.

We already know they took the open-source code, re-implemented it and closed-sourced it into a product and that is permitted under the MIT license:

>> So you vibe ported manim to rust, kept it closed source, and you’re selling access to it with a monthly subscription? This isn’t satire?

This isn't the same as what you would get from something like Markdown [0], which explicitly says:

"Neither the name “Markdown” nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission."

What he must do is to attribute credit of the library to the original author (3Blue1Brown) for the derived use. But other than that, this is permitted.

[0] https://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/license

Re: Show HN: Manim (3Blue1Brown's animation engine) in the browser via WebGPU

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Post by Aurornis »

rvz wrote: post #31
Aurornis wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

MIT license does not give someone license to advertise a completely different project with your project's name and the name of its famous author.

On the website and even here, there is no advertisement of an endorsement or use of the author's name for this product. In fact, it is an attribution. We already know they took the open-source code, re-implemented it and closed-sourced it into a product and that is permitted under the MIT license: >> So you vibe ported manim to rust, kept it closed source, and you’re selling access to it with a monthly subscription?…

> On the website and even here, there is no advertisement of an endorsement or use of the author's name for this product. In fact, it is an attribution.

I'm talking about the submission title, which makes the claim that Manim (3Blue1Brown's animation engine) is running in the browser via WebGPU.

The product at the link is not 3Blue1Brown's animation engine. It is not Manim. They created something different and used Manim's API as a guide.

The submission title claimed it was Manim and 3Blue1Brown's engine. It is not.

Re: Show HN: Manim (3Blue1Brown's animation engine) in the browser via WebGPU

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Post by sinaatalay »

farski wrote: post #8
sinaatalay wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can use the editor however you like without signing up. The examples are simply sample prompts for the AI, but you can paste in any Manim code to editor from ChatGPT or anywhere else, and the preview will render it instantly. Downloading videos is completely free. Only the AI-powered features are behind the paywall, and there's a 7-day free trial. We'll put more pre-written examples, thank you!

That was also unclear to me, so +1 for more code examples. Also, it seems like maybe this doesn't work in Safari but there's not error message or anything. I was looking for a Run or Render button or something to get things to happen, until I gave up and tried Firefox.

Thank you for letting us know about the Safari issue.

We've made the AI chat free up to a certain usage limit, so if you're interested, you can give it a try now!

Re: Show HN: Manim (3Blue1Brown's animation engine) in the browser via WebGPU

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Post by sinaatalay »

iamleppert wrote: post #4

All of the examples besides the first one that is itself underwhelming are behind a paywall. For all we know it could be pre-recorded. Hard pass.

Sorry about that paywall. We've made the AI chat free up to a certain usage limit, so if you're interested, you can give it a try now!
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