I think they should have, it does not align with their community. Could they have denied, I am not sure about the legalities.
Money is good. But not antagonizing your community (as an open source project) is better.
Shame that we have to choose between better financing of Blender for features we already want (Python API quality) and placating imo overly dramatic artists.
Shame that we have to choose between better financing of Blender for features we already want (Python API quality) and placating imo overly dramatic artists.