Following some agitated discussions, Arc Riley has decided to fork Soya3D into Py-Soy, and to retain the rights to the soya3d.org domain, against the will of the Soya3D developers and users. Despite allegations to the contrary by Arc and his soya3d.org placeholder, it seems that his action is isolated, rather than a concerted move by many.

The developers who have contributed code to the project, the packagers for the various distros Soya3D supports, and most of the users and enthusiasts we've had a chance to chat with have not followed this fork, and disagree with Arc's reasons for going solo.

More information are available on the Soya's mailing list. Soya developement will continue in the usual direction: rapid development, ease of use and learning,...