Digital BW, The Print

On Thursday 08 December 2005 7:09 pm, Paul D. DeRocco wrote:
> > From: Steve Kale
> >
> > From time to time we have discussed on this forum the issue of
> > sharing profiles made with
> > the EyeOne.  I find it interesting that Bill Atkinson freely
> > shares profiles made with a GM
> > device (although his latest profiles for the 9800 were made using
> > an X-Rite device).
> > Thoughts?
> 
> Depends upon the license you own. The cheaper licenses don't allow sharing,
> but I believe you can buy a more expensive license that does.
> 
> I find it all really irritating. If a software company invented the saw,
> they'd sell it with a license saying you could only use it on your own
> carpentry projects.

I find it irritating as well.  I think the time is right for open-source
color management and profiling tools.  Little cms seems like it has a lot
of the pieces, but is lacking drivers for most instruments.

The drivers should be fairly simple, and I'd love to write one.  The
problem is getting specs for the instruments.  I suspect it could also
be done by just using the instrument with the manufacturer's driver,
snooping the USB traffic, and reverse-engineering the protocol.  But
the reverse-engineering is of questionable legality in the US.