Sony Pictures Entertainment/Sony Pictures Imageworks and Warner Bros. Join Academy Software Foundation at the Linux Foundation
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Tuesday, October 23, 2018
LOS ANGELES and EDINBURGH, Scotland, Oct. 23, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --The Academy Software Foundation (ASWF) , a neutral forum for open source software development in the motion picture and media industries hosted at the Linux Foundation , today announced that Sony Pictures Entertainment/Sony Pictures Imageworks, Warner Bros., Blender Foundation and Visual Effects Society (VES) have joined as members.
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- LOS ANGELES and EDINBURGH, Scotland, Oct. 23, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --The Academy Software Foundation (ASWF) , a neutral forum for open source software development in the motion picture and media industries hosted at the Linux Foundation , today announced that Sony Pictures Entertainment/Sony Pictures Imageworks, Warner Bros., Blender Foundation and Visual Effects Society (VES) have joined as members.
- The addition of Sony Pictures Entertainment, including Sony Pictures Imageworks, and Warner Bros. is proof that the motion picture industry is fully supportive of the Academy Software Foundation and the need for a. neutral organization to host the open source projects that are critical to moviemaking," said David Morin, Executive Director of the Academy Software Foundation at the Linux Foundation.
- ASWF welcomes four new members: Sony Pictures Entertainment/Sony Pictures Imageworks as a Premier member, Warner Bros. as a General member and Blender Foundation and Visual Effects Society as Associate members.
- "We are pleased to be joining the Academy Software Foundation in helping to drive the next wave of innovation for our industry.