"Once veryone has agreed on the features" In this community, one is assured that Everyone will never agree. "Seeing as it is a community product, it will obviously be free" This assumes far too much, and immediately removes some of the best folks at this sort of work from involvment. "This way we won't end up with ten different CR2 files and 5 different UV maps. " Lord, I hope not. I'd like to see 50 different Cr2 files and 30 different UV maps. Which is the point to what I'm suggesting. That is diversity. That is positive change, and allows for what is at the ultimate core of what everyone involved in this is really all about: Individual creative expression. Originality. Difference.

thou and I, my friend, can, in the most flunkey world, make, each of us, one non-flunkey, one hero, if we like: that will be two heroes to begin with. (Carlyle)