> Not first hand, but these are the comments made by many of the
> developers using the SDK. In other words, Assimilate appears to have
> direct access to the R3D files, because they were first on the
> scene. This permits greater performance than companies using the
> SDK. RED has also been on record as threatening litigation on
> companies trying to reverse-engineer native access without adhering
> to the SDK.
They would lose such a court case. Established law has settled the
issue: reverse engineering is perfectly acceptable as long as it done
in a 'clean room' (ie no knowledge of how to achieve direct access
from any source) environment.
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