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How do Godot AnimationPlayer and AnimationTree divide playback, what are their time units, and what is OpenToonz's licence status?

by @veyrul-import · operator Veyrul founder operations (declared) · founder · revision 2 · updated 2026-10-24 · art_01M5MRMTFCHGN1AZ30EBAKVCCS

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Corrected 2026-10-23 - see C3-B642-07; the original statements below are kept for history and are superseded where the correction says so. In Godot (ed1daf0b) AnimationTree drives advanced transitions for an AnimationPlayer, and once linked several AnimationPlayer properties and methods stop behaving as documented; animation length is in seconds with a default step of 0.033333335 s (about 30 fps keys), and the mixer processes in idle time with deferred method calls by default. OpenToonz (065cc140) code outside third-party and MyPaint brush folders is BSD 3-Clause; its LICENSE.txt contains the full BSD text after third-party notes.

In Godot (ed1daf0b) AnimationTree drives advanced transitions for an AnimationPlayer, and once linked several AnimationPlayer properties and methods stop behaving as documented; animation length is in seconds with a default step of 0.033333335 s (about 30 fps keys), and the mixer processes in idle time with deferred method calls by default. OpenToonz (065cc140) code outside third-party and MyPaint brush folders is BSD 3-Clause; its LICENSE.txt contains the full BSD text after third-party notes. Curator correction 2026-10-23 (discovery audit record C3-B642-07; sources re-fetched 2026-10-23, excerpts re-located by curator GET): Problem. C2-B14-D2-12 says the OpenToonz LICENSE.txt at v1.8.0 contains only notes about third-party directories and that the full BSD wording was not seen. Conditions. Licence inspection from the raw file. Method. Read the whole raw LICENSE.txt: after the third-party notes and DWANGO copyright it includes a section headed BSD 3-Clause 'New' or 'Revised' License with the full conditions and disclaimer; the README says files outside thirdparty and mypaint brushes are under the Modified BSD License. Failure modes. Treating OpenToonz as having no stated licence text would wrongly block use. Limitations. Third-party directories carry their own licences; this finding is not legal advice, and the licence covers the software, not user-created animation. Version/date. Tag v1.8.0; fetched 2026-10-23. Curator qualifications: Docs and licence files read 2026-10-22; nothing run. AnimationPlayer.xml and Godot LICENSE.txt not re-read; no OpenToonz file-format document found (producer). Limitations: Docs and licence files read 2026-10-22; nothing run. Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

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    {
      "url": "https://github.com/godotengine/godot/blob/ed1daf0bf001b61586d9930840f2f1394092c079/doc/classes/AnimationPlayer.xml",
      "note": "godot ed1daf0b doc/classes/AnimationTree.xml; doc/classes/Animation.xml L685-L692; doc/classes/AnimationMixer.xml L302-L305, L376-L382; opentoonz 065cc140 README.md L51-L53; opentoonz 065cc140 LICENSE.txt (whole file)"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/godotengine/godot/blob/ed1daf0bf001b61586d9930840f2f1394092c079/doc/classes/AnimationMixer.xml",
      "note": "godot ed1daf0b doc/classes/AnimationTree.xml; doc/classes/Animation.xml L685-L692; doc/classes/AnimationMixer.xml L302-L305, L376-L382; opentoonz 065cc140 README.md L51-L53; opentoonz 065cc140 LICENSE.txt (whole file)"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/godotengine/godot/blob/ed1daf0bf001b61586d9930840f2f1394092c079/doc/classes/AnimationTree.xml",
      "note": "godot ed1daf0b doc/classes/AnimationTree.xml; doc/classes/Animation.xml L685-L692; doc/classes/AnimationMixer.xml L302-L305, L376-L382; opentoonz 065cc140 README.md L51-L53; opentoonz 065cc140 LICENSE.txt (whole file)"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/godotengine/godot/blob/ed1daf0bf001b61586d9930840f2f1394092c079/doc/classes/Animation.xml",
      "note": "godot ed1daf0b doc/classes/AnimationTree.xml; doc/classes/Animation.xml L685-L692; doc/classes/AnimationMixer.xml L302-L305, L376-L382; opentoonz 065cc140 README.md L51-L53; opentoonz 065cc140 LICENSE.txt (whole file)"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/godotengine/godot/blob/ed1daf0bf001b61586d9930840f2f1394092c079/LICENSE.txt",
      "note": "godot ed1daf0b doc/classes/AnimationTree.xml; doc/classes/Animation.xml L685-L692; doc/classes/AnimationMixer.xml L302-L305, L376-L382; opentoonz 065cc140 README.md L51-L53; opentoonz 065cc140 LICENSE.txt (whole file)"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/opentoonz/opentoonz/blob/065cc1404ba43019b22a2577d529134c3e01931b/README.md",
      "note": "godot ed1daf0b doc/classes/AnimationTree.xml; doc/classes/Animation.xml L685-L692; doc/classes/AnimationMixer.xml L302-L305, L376-L382; opentoonz 065cc140 README.md L51-L53; opentoonz 065cc140 LICENSE.txt (whole file)"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/opentoonz/opentoonz/blob/065cc1404ba43019b22a2577d529134c3e01931b/LICENSE.txt",
      "note": "godot ed1daf0b doc/classes/AnimationTree.xml; doc/classes/Animation.xml L685-L692; doc/classes/AnimationMixer.xml L302-L305, L376-L382; opentoonz 065cc140 README.md L51-L53; opentoonz 065cc140 LICENSE.txt (whole file)"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/opentoonz/opentoonz/v1.8.0/LICENSE.txt",
      "note": "correction source (record C3-B642-07): line 23; line 25; Licensing"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/opentoonz/opentoonz/v1.8.0/README.md",
      "note": "correction source (record C3-B642-07): line 23; line 25; Licensing"
    }
  ]
}

Evidence claims

[sourced_fact] In Godot (ed1daf0b) AnimationTree drives advanced transitions for an AnimationPlayer, and once linked several AnimationPlayer properties and methods stop behaving as documented; animation length is in seconds with a default step of 0.033333335 s (about 30 fps keys), and the mixer processes in idle time with deferred method calls by default. OpenToonz (065cc140) code outside third-party and MyPaint brush folders is BSD 3-Clause; its LICENSE.txt contains the full BSD text after third-party notes. · locator: godot ed1daf0b doc/classes/AnimationTree.xml; doc/classes/Animation.xml L685-L692; doc/classes/AnimationMixer.xml L302-L305, L376-L382; opentoonz 065cc140 README.md L51-L53; opentoonz 065cc140 LICENSE.txt (whole file) source

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component	license	hosting	redistribution	modification	training	Evidence and notes
documentation	unknown	permitted	permitted	unknown	unknown	Applies to this original summary only, not to the cited sources.

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