> > From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2005/06/08 Wed PM 01:58:08 GMT > To: [email protected], [email protected] > Subject: RE: Repository for RAW Image Format Details > > Let me rephrase that: Do closely held and "undocumented" proprietary > formats allow for more or enhanced creativity and innovation, or > is that just a smoke screen? > > Shel
Your first phrasing made more sense. The independant developers are suggesting that the manufacturers want to retain their proprietary formats in order to maintain control over the development of such. I have no idea of the truth of the statement but it would seem to be a feasible proposition, given the general ethos of "management" in the modern world. mike > > > > [Original Message] > > From: Shel Belinkoff > > > This comment amongst the articles and comments got me to thinking about > the > > viewpoint of the camera manufacturers: "A common, openly documented RAW > > format would fulfill many of the goals of OpenRAW, but is likely to face > > significant resistance from manufacturers who feel their "creativity" and > > ability to innovate would be constrained." Do closely held and > > "undocumented" proprietary formats constrain creativity and innovation, or > > is that just a smoke screen? > > > > Shel > > > > > > > [Original Message] > > > From: Doug Franklin > > > > > An interesting article showed up on one of the geek news sites that I > > > frequent today. It says that a group of people affiliated with a > > > mailing list called OpenRAW are trying to put together a collection of > > > documentation for RAW image formats used by various cameras and making > > > them available to the public. We'll see if the camera/image-chip > > > vendors go along with it or sue for misuse of copyright > > > materials. > > > > > > http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/06/08/014250&tid=227&tid= > > > 162&tid=137 > > > > > > TTYL, DougF KG4LMZ > > > > > > > > ----------------------------------------- Email provided by http://www.ntlhome.com/
