Open source C/C++ 3d renderer (with support of 3ds max models)

Question

Best, smallest, fastest, open source, C/C++ 3d renderer (with support of 3ds max models), better not GPL,

It should support Lights, textures (better dynamic), simple objects, It should be really fast and it shall have lots of use examples

Answer 1

I would advise Ogre, it's pretty mature and really good API.

Ogre license

there is a plugin to export 3DSMax model to the orgre format there.

Answer 2

Irrlicht for example

zlib/libpng license

Very good documentation