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ManuelbastioniLAB is completely open source, released under standard licenses <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://github.com/animate1978/MB-Lab/blob/master/license.txt|title=License|work=github.com|access-date=2019-10-31}}</ref> of the [[Free Software Foundation]].
* Code: All files written in Python are released under [[GNU General Public License|GNU General Public License 3]].
* Data: All data files released in the ManuelbastioniLAB package are released under [[GNU Affero General Public License|GNU Affero General Public License 3]].
The characters generated with ManuelbastioniLAB are released under the GNU Affero General Public License 3 (as derivative of AGPL'd data, meshes, textures etc.)
== Comparisons ==
While [[MakeHuman]] has similar characteristics to MB-Lab, the former is a stand-alone application and requires export and import and import to [[Blender (software)|Blender]] which is not necessary with MB-Lab.<ref name="PADW">{{cite thesis|date=2018-08-10|first1=Pontus|last1=Andersson|first2=David|last2=Wessman|title=Generation of Artificial Training Data for Deep Learning|type=Master|publisher=Lund university|issn=1650-2884|id=LU-CS-EX 2018-39|url=http://lup.lub.lu.se/luur/download?func=downloadFile&recordOId=8972350&fileOId=8972351|access-date=2019-10-31|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191031181404/http://lup.lub.lu.se/luur/download?func=downloadFile&recordOId=8972350&fileOId=8972351|archive-date=2019-10-31}}</ref><ref name="ESPE">{{cite thesis|title=Diseño y desarrollo de un sistema inmersivo de reconocimiento y control de gestos, ostensible por medio de realidad virtual como método de ayuda en la rehabilitación de la capacidad motriz de las extremidades superiores en pacientes con accidente cerebrovascular|url=http://repositorio.espe.edu.ec/handle/21000/14928|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191031211452/http://repositorio.espe.edu.ec/jspui/bitstream/21000/14928/1/T-ESPEL-MEC-0137.pdf|archive-date=2019-10-31|publisher=Universidad de Las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE|language=es|url-status=live|access-date=2019-10-31|pp=106–110|date=2018-07-13|last1=Guevara|first1=Bermeo|last2=Bryan|first2=Stefano|last3=Martínez|first3=Navarrete|last4=Azucena|first4=Wilma|trans-title=Design and development of an immersive gesture recognition and control system, ostensible through virtual reality as an aid method in the rehabilitation of the motor capacity of the upper extremities in patients with stroke}}</ref>
== Current stage of development ==
The project has beenwas discontinued abruptly by Bastioni,<ref name="CE-shutdown">{{Cite web|url=https://www.blendernation.com/2018/11/26/manuelbastionilab-character-editor-shuts-down/|title=ManuelBastioniLAB Character Editor Shuts Down|date=November 26, 2018|website=BlenderNation|access-date=November 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190607030328/https://www.blendernation.com/2018/11/26/manuelbastionilab-character-editor-shuts-down/|archive-date=June 7, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> after the release 1.6.1a, which was not compatible with Blender 2.80.{{cn|date=October 2019}} Bart Veldhhuzien indicates Bastoni attempted unsuccessfully to raise funds, and then chose to move on, quoting Bastoni as saying: "I’m sorry, I did my best, but I cannot continue the development of the lab. I will use Blender as artist, since Blender and its community are part of my life."; and "I realized that the lab community size is not enough to support a so expensive project".<ref name="CE-shutdown"/>
In December 2018, a new repository, based on last Bastioni's last version (1.6.1a), aiming at Blender 2.80 compatibility, has beenwas opened on GitHub with the project name MB-Lab.<ref name="Fork1">{{Cite web|url=https://github.com/animate1978/MB-Lab|title=MB-Lab GitHub clone|website=github.com|access-date=2019-01-31}}</ref>
New community based versions are available on Github supporting Blender 2.79 and 2.80.<ref name="MBLab">{{Cite web|url=https://mb-lab-community.github.io/MB-Lab.github.io/|title=MB-Lab GitHub clone|access-date=2019-10-31|work=mb-lab.readthedocs.io|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190819103205/https://mb-lab-community.github.io/MB-Lab.github.io/|archive-date=2019-08-19|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="CG-20190722">{{Cite web|url=http://www.cgchannel.com/2019/07/create-free-facially-rigged-cg-characters-with-mb-lab-1-7-5/|title=Create free, facially rigged CG characters with MB-Lab 1.7.5|website=CG Channel|date=July 22, 2019|access-date=October 31, 2019|first=Jim|last=Thacker}}</ref>
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