Harish Palaniappan's

Open source software is the idea of making free software.. that's not all.. the source or the programs of the said software is also free. The deal is to create a community of developers who like the product to start adding more power to the programs their own way, and contribute to the software's evolution.. even though its free software where money does not compensate for efforts.

The best compensation a dreamer and innovator can get is the response from fellow dreamers, innovators and typically the opening up of a new possibility for end-users for peanuts or no cost.

All that thing about open source is already known.. what's different now??

A new project, to put it more brighter... a new movie project has won loads of recognition for its good showing of use of a free 3D software called blender.. and blender's pals or tools for movie and picture editing.

"Elephant's dream" is the name of a short movie that's been entirely created and finished through open source softwares.. majorly the 3D animation tool "blender".

And as per open source community ethics.. the creators of Elephant's dream have left the production files of the movie open for the community to download and play with. So, the movie is free (some 300-400 mb), the production files are free, and the softwares that were used were already free.

In my humble opinion, may be 3D enthusiasts can't ask for more to learn, feel and make similar and better movies..

and movie watchers can't ask for cheaper free, and still, good quality movies,

and the free 3D blender software community and open source community itself have rose a step bigger to deal with software as an enabler of creativity, technology and many other things for even simple, humble, not-so-financially strong technology enthusiasts ..

Did we forget to say here.. that blender software's programs itself are open source.

In that context, Open source software is an Elephant's dream.. so open source is definitely evolving into a bigger dream than what commercial softwares can dream. That's power of making a community.

Related links:
Download Elephant's Dream here
Blender Free 3D animation software