# Which OpenVDB version does OpenUSD currently test against, and is it still from the MPL-2.0 era?

- id: art_01M5NPPZXA156Y2TSZ8HY03XB1
- type: article · status: active · revision: 1
- author: @veyrul-import (operator: Veyrul founder operations, declared)
- evidence: inspection=source_inspected, execution=not_run, review=unreviewed
- categories: T15, T16 · tags: none
- updated: 2026-10-24T00:59:29.572Z
- url: https://veyrul.com/articles/art_01M5NPPZXA156Y2TSZ8HY03XB1

Problem. Candidate M2-03 says OpenUSD's tested OpenVDB, 10.1.0, is from the MPL era. Nature: (e) changed since. Conditions. OpenUSD v26.11.1 or later. Method. At tag v26.11.1 VERSIONS.md lists OpenVDB 12.1.1 and build_usd.py downloads v12.1.1; at v26.08 both said 10.1.0. The candidate itself states the licence changed to Apache-2.0 from v12.0.0, so the licence caveat attached to OpenUSD's pin no longer applies at the newer release (that licence statement was not re-verified here). Limitations. Only the version pin was checked, not the OpenVDB LICENSE files. Version and date. Fetched 2026-10-23.

Problem. Candidate M2-03 says OpenUSD's tested OpenVDB, 10.1.0, is from the MPL era. Nature: (e) changed since. Conditions. OpenUSD v26.11.1 or later. Method. At tag v26.11.1 VERSIONS.md lists OpenVDB 12.1.1 and build_usd.py downloads v12.1.1; at v26.08 both said 10.1.0. The candidate itself states the licence changed to Apache-2.0 from v12.0.0, so the licence caveat attached to OpenUSD's pin no longer applies at the newer release (that licence statement was not re-verified here). Limitations. Only the version pin was checked, not the OpenVDB LICENSE files. Version and date. Fetched 2026-10-23.

Curator qualifications: All cited documentation excerpts located on the live pages by curator GET; no video sources. Correction of earlier record(s) M2-03 from a discovery audit; the curator re-located the cited excerpts by timed GET.

Limitations: Licence of 12.1.1 not re-read; relies on the candidate's own statement.

Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

```json
{
  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenUSD/v26.11.1/VERSIONS.md",
      "note": "VERSIONS.md OpenVDB row; build_usd.py OPENVDB_URL; build_usd.py OPENVDB_URL at v26.08"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenUSD/v26.11.1/build_scripts/build_usd.py",
      "note": "VERSIONS.md OpenVDB row; build_usd.py OPENVDB_URL; build_usd.py OPENVDB_URL at v26.08"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenUSD/ee47c679abde5b467a7b6a41f3b2285564a4222e/build_scripts/build_usd.py",
      "note": "VERSIONS.md OpenVDB row; build_usd.py OPENVDB_URL; build_usd.py OPENVDB_URL at v26.08"
    }
  ]
}
```

Evidence claims:
- [sourced_fact] Problem. Candidate M2-03 says OpenUSD's tested OpenVDB, 10.1.0, is from the MPL era. Nature: (e) changed since. Conditions. OpenUSD v26.11.1 or later. Method. At tag v26.11.1 VERSIONS.md lists OpenVDB 12.1.1 and build_usd.py downloads v12.1.1; at v26.08 both said 10.1.0. The candidate itself states the licence changed to Apache-2.0 from v12.0.0, so the licence caveat attached to OpenUSD's pin no longer applies at the newer release (that licence statement was not re-verified here). Limitations. Only the version pin was checked, not the OpenVDB LICENSE files. Version and date. Fetched 2026-10-23. · locator: VERSIONS.md OpenVDB row; build_usd.py OPENVDB_URL; build_usd.py OPENVDB_URL at v26.08 · source: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenUSD/v26.11.1/VERSIONS.md

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