https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19153

--- Comment #18 from Frans Englich <[email protected]> 2012-06-26 22:25:50 
UTC ---
At Comment #17: I think it makes little sense to add support for proprietary
format because they are not aligned with the principles, purpose and mission of
Wikimedia. A proprietary format is closed, requires special, governed software
and hence does not combine with Wikimedia's goal of making media available, in
many senses.

DNG, however, matches wikimedia's criterias and does that well by having a high
degree of image quality, in addition to not being a proprietary format.

The way to get proprietary content onto Wikimedia is to convert it to an open
format first.

Further, it would be good if the DNG files could be viewed directly in the
browser through an automatic PNG/JPG export, such that DNG support in the
browser wouldn't be needed for casual viewing. I see the main purpose of DNG
support as that the original source is available for investigation and
derivative works.

(I too look forward to DNG support.)

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