![]() It definitely IS something positive unless the DNG comes out of the camera itself instead of out of a converter. Why would I want DNG over proprietary raw? Sounds like “proprietary” was something positive. You disagree with me asking so the same question to you: why? Even though that’s still not free and problematic in some respects, at least it would be possible to modify your code and continue distributing it under the same license. Or at the very least use something like CC BY-NC 3.0. If you are concerned about monetizing, go copyleft + commercial license. What I do share is the concern about lack of license, which makes this tool basically useless (users are dependent on you keeping it free and up-to-date, no-one could pick up the code and continue if you didn’t). Acting repulsive to anything related to that ecosystems means pushing away a whole lot of people (who might not even have a choice due to job/industry standards). However reality is, it’s there, people are using it and will keep using it. Sure, it’s annoying that the majority of users keeps using an expensive lock-in software, that in some aspects is probably technically inferior to open alternatives. I don’t understand this knee jerk reaction to anything related to Adobe. DNG is an open format, and if vendors were using it developers of OSS raw developers wouldn’t need to go through the trouble of reverse engineering whenever a new format comes out (see e.g. He isn’t demanding, not even asking for anything. You have seen the qualifier “if anyone’s interested”? He is basically saying that he is open to collaboration to make it happen, if anyone else wishes. I think your effort might be appreciated by some and I commend you for trying of course but on Linux? It does not tick any box AFAIC and its purpose confuses me. Why would anyone purposely limit themselves to 8-bit files with low quality settings (you stated “ 8-bit sRGB JPEGs, no chroma subsampling, quality 8 (“High”, or 86%).”) - if you would want 8 bit wouldn’t one just shoot OOC jpeg to begin with?. ![]() Why would Linux users compromise on using software which itself is not open and relies on an outside Adobe application which only runs under Wine?.Why would Linux users want to use Adobe compatible XMP sidecars if they do not use Adobe software for editing?.Why would any Linux user want to convert their precious proprietary raw files which are already and will forever be recognized by any software that uses dcraw (or libraw) code to DNG? (I don’t even understand why Windows and Mac users would want that but I’ll let that one go for now. ![]() You really appreciate a hand in packaging it for Linux but I’ll be a bit blunt (as well as honest) and pose just one question: why?
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