He totally deserve some rest. Blender + the GPLization of Blender have been executed perfectly. We need more people like him.

I wish more non-free software could be made free and open-source when its creators go defunct or lose interest in it. Another good example that brings a smile to my face is Duelyst[1]. The company behind it went under so they published the code and assets under CC0.

1: https://github.com/open-duelyst/duelyst