Microsoft Shares Source Code Of Its Classic 3D Movie Maker Program From 1995

Microsoft shares the source code of the 3D Movie Maker program (photo: Github)

JAKARTA - Some time ago, Microsoft opened and distributed the Source Code for the 3D Movie Maker program which has been released since 1995. This application is used to create simple 3D movies by placing cartoon characters and properties into a pre-rendered environment.

The source code that Microsoft shared was due to a request from someone, and then the tech giant granted his request. The original source code for this project is now on GitHub and released under the MIT license as open source.

The MIT license is a permissive free software license originating from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. As a permissive license, the MIT License provides very loose restrictions on reuse and has excellent license compatibility.

Hey friends - we've open sourced the code to 1995's Microsoft 3D Movie Maker https://t.co/h4mYSKRrjK Thanks to @jeffwilcox and the Microsoft OSS office as well our friends in legal and those who continue to put up with me being a nudzh. Thanks to @foone for the idea! Enjoy. https://t.co/6wBAkjkeIP

— Scott Hanselman 🇺🇦 (@shanselman) May 4, 2022

Even though this app is somewhat outdated since it was published in 1995, there is still a small community and some fans who use this app to create simple 3D movies.

Foone put forward a number of arguments, including the fact that thousands of videos were created with the software in its 27 years of existence, which can no longer be played without 3D Movie Maker. As the site 3dmm.com mentions, many videos created with the software are still shared by an active community.

Citing PCGamer, Foone plans to update the program to run on modern PCs, as well as add features to make it easier to share the resulting videos.

"I'm hoping I'll get a basic, modernized version within the next month to a few months, depending on how many issues I run into," they told PCGamer.