[Foundation-l] [Commons-l] Allow Digital Negative (DNG) RAW format on Commons? (and increase filesize limit)

[David Gerard]

On 21/11/2007, Brianna Laugher <brianna.laugher at gmail.com> wrote:

> - Commons currently doesn't accept any RAW formats for uncompressed
> original digital photography files.
> - DNG is a RAW format developed by Adobe, intended to be an open
> format. http://www.adobe.com/products/dng/index.html
> - ImageMagick supports DNG. http://www.imagemagick.org/script/formats.php
> - Format "patent license":
> http://www.adobe.com/products/dng/license.html Is this acceptable?


cc'd to foundation-l for inspection by the querulous.

We allow PDFs, don't we? Are they under any similar terms?


> If the terms of the DNG format are acceptable, is there any reason we
> shouldn't request MW support for this format to be enabled and begin
> encouraging photographers to start using it?
> (I presume thumbnails would be generated as JPGs)


Assuming the licence isn't problematic, that'd be fantastic IMO. Need
a bigger upload limit.


- d.