PRE-READ WARNING: erm, this seems to have turned into a bit of a rant.

Not aimed at you Big Fan, or anyone here, but seeing as you seem to share a few feelings that I do, I might as well relay how I feel.
Please don't take any of this personally.
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I myself have done no small task in refactoring and adding new features to the Maya exporter.... far in excess of 40 hrs in itself.
Let's not even get started on the 2 weeks I spent on the materials database

Anyway, I wasn't trying to imply that I'd take your work and pass it off as my own - I was observing that some of that info is useful in the context of general help and documentation for Indigo (which, despite asking Ono for, doesn't seem to materialise).
(as a side note, why the hell should I contribute to the blender community? I know fuck all about the blendigo exporter and blender specifics. Similarly as I bet that noone here in the blender forum knows anything at all about Maya or MEL or how Maya integrates with Indigo, and I wouldn't expect them to. In fact, thinking about it, I have offered cross-platform help in the past - thread titled "exporter cross-pollination" - and what happened with that? FUCK ALL

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On top of all that, you've hinted that I should donate my hard earned funds ON TOP of my valuable time to supporting indigo? I don't think so. I've given far more back to indigo (community) than it's so far given me. I've spent more time and effort developing stuff and doing tutorials and trying to be helpful for indigo users than actually using indigo for any of my own purposes. I certainly have never used indigo for any paid work.
Oh, I forgot about my time with Violet!
Not prompted by this thread, but honestly recently I have been asking myself why the hell I have bothered.
Actually, a partial answer to the WHY question, is that I have in fact learned a lot. I enjoy learning stuff, and I enjoy being able to develop my skills using useful projects as a base.
Anyway, we're way off topic. Besides, people who have been helped by my contributions have been greatful and that's probably the best I could ever ask for
