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Tears of Steel
Tears of Steel
CC-BY-3.0 commercial OK Credit: Required verified 29d ago Go to source
The Blender Foundation's Mango open movie, a short sci-fi film that mixes live action with CG robots and effects. The project's results are under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0, so footage can be reused commercially with credit. It is the live-action option among the Blender open movies, useful for FMV-style cutscenes.
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Commercial use commercial OK
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Status active: Licence spot-checked at the source; the entry carries dated evidence.
Verified 2026-10-04 (29d ago)
Publisher Blender Foundation
Formats MP4
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(CC) Blender Foundation | mango.blender.org
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Credit is owed. The site's line is "(CC) Blender Foundation | mango.blender.org" unless a file says otherwiseExcluded from the licence: all logos on the site (Blender, Mango, Creative Commons, sponsors) and material not made by the Mango projectGames are not named , but CC-BY grants reuse and distribution in any work; put the credit on a credits screenThe download page lists the film as 1080p and 4K MOV and WebM files, with MP4 also on offer; check the file before building a pipeline around it Live-action footage shows actors; the page says nothing about releases for use outside the film, so keep faces out of anything prominent
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Live Sharing (2026-10-04): "licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license" Same page (2026-10-04): "you can freely reuse and distribute this content, also commercially, for as long you provide a proper attribution"