[Openicc] Linux CM ideology, was: meta data in test chart

[edmund ronald]

Stefan,

Indeed, "a complex mechanism which in the end is completely understood
only by the experts." as you say is a good description of the ICC
model. In the end it has produced not only a difficult user-model, but
also a programming model which is too complex for non-specialist
application developers. I would agree that a clean slate approach is
not only feasible but also desirable on Linux. In the end, what is
there to lose? Speaking for the print side, Gutenprint will continue
to put dots on paper whatever the upstream color model happens to be.

Edmund