Blender is free, forever. ... The license simply prevents anyone to put restrictions on Blender. That protects users as well as everyone who contribute to Blender. If you decide to contribute to Blender, whether as Python script or as C++ code, you are required to agree on this freedom.

How long has blender been free?

On July 18, 2002, Roosendaal started the "Free Blender" campaign, a crowdfunding precursor. The campaign aimed at open-sourcing Blender for a one-time payment of €100,000 (US$100,670 at the time), with the money being collected from the community.

Does blender give you a virus?

Some people have reported getting a virus warning when downloading or running Blender 2.71. As it turns out, this is caused by a filename in the numpy module. Juicyfruit writes: The problem stems from the fact that our numpy is unique and its filenames are abused by known malware.