RAW to ACES Working Group Meeting Notes

October 25, 2021

Host: Alexander Forsythe

Attendees

• Alexander Forsythe (TSC) - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
• John Mertic (ASWF) - The Linux Foundation
• Kimball Thurston (TSC) - Weta Digital
• Mark Boorer - ILM
• Michael Lafuente (TSC) - MSG Sphere Studios
• Thomas Mansencal (TSC) - Weta Digital

Agenda

• Review Trademark and Account Assignment.
• Review Technical Charter
• Discuss license type

Notes

Project Contribution Agreement

• Clarity needed on what Assignor means.

Technical Charter

• Beyond sensitivities, spectral data should probably also comprise lens and illuminant datasets.

Licence

• TODO: Thomas to bump Kimball for the license, which one is preferred Apache or BSD-3.

Questions

• Mark: Interested in a library along with the command line tool. What about new cameras support as Libraw is not planned to be used?
• Thomas: Libraw license does not bode well with Weta.
• Mark: What is the Libraw replacement?
• Alex: Should ask Kimball about the plan as the codebase will be bootstrapped using Weta's code.