Se va sabiendo más datos del formato con el que M$ quiere desplazar el uso del JPEG, el Windows Media Photo (aka HD Photo): la licencia, como no podía ser de otra forma, excluye las licencias open-source, con los problemas que puede acarrear a produc…

“we’re working hard to eliminate every concern we’ve heard addressed that might stand in the way of very broad adoption of HD Photo.”

But without going so far as releasing a finished, open source implementation.

The HD Photo Device Porting Kit (DPK) provides reference source code that makes it easy for anyone to implement support for the format. For most of the partners we are working with, starting with a stable, optimized source code implementation is their first choice; it’s the fastest way to implement support for HD Photo for their own device or platform.

You’re right that the DPK doesn’t enable open source development. You’re using our source code as the starting point which, while royalty-free, is not open source.

That’s why we announced we’re committed to standardization. Once standardized, the goal is that the appropriate standards organization would then own the format and would publish a full specification. This would allow developers to create their own implementations independent of working with our source code in the DPK, with the option of releasing their implementation as open source.

In short, we’re working hard to eliminate every concern we’ve heard addressed that might stand in the way of very broad adoption of HD Photo. We don’t expect any new image file format to become pervasive overnight – this will be an extended process. However, we’re doing everything we can to eliminate barriers and speed the adoption process.

Bill Crow
HD Photo Program Manager