Adobe Blasts Nikon's Closed File Format

Joe Decker writes "Thomas Knoll, creator of Adobe Photoshop, blasts Nikon's use of encryption to limit access to white-balance information contained in D2X RAW images files. Fearing the DMCA, Adobe won't reverse-engineer the file, slightly reducing Photoshop's support for those files. Nikon responds. Is Adobe whining? Is Nikon shooting itself in the foot?" We've covered this previously.

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Re:Double strandards?

[Kombat]

It is ironic that Adobe mocks Nikon for their closed file format, while they are guilty of suing a person who reverse-engineered their precious format in the past.

No it is not. "Hypocritical," perhaps, but not ironic. People who use the word "irony" when they really mean "coincidence" or "hypocritical" irritate me.

And no, there's nothing "hypocritical" about Adobe's position either. They sued someone who went ahead and did reverse-engineer their product without permission. Adobe, however, has not yet carried out such actions. If they had turned around and reverse-engineered Nikon's format themselves, then yes, that would be hypocrical. But they are not doing that. They are simply asking for permission - something which DVD Jon did not do.

No hypocrisy here. And certainly no irony. No coincidences either.