Despite the Baggins-Bill/Leonard back and forth, I know DRM big picture, butI guess my question is what the heck is Daz doing? And how does it affect the Renderosity community, Poser, etc?

Smith Micro wants to put a Kill Switch in for Poser, but is holding off for now (thank goodness) and now Daz is looking at DRM -but I'm not sure what they mean by it. As a consumer the worst of two worlds, in my ignorance I think (IMIIT?), would be for Daz to go proprietary and Smith Micro to implement a Kill Switch. Would that leave renderosity and RDNA adrift?

Me, software with a kill switch I will not buy. Been there, done that and I can see how that will play out for Smith Micro after an initial period. Users will switch to software that doesn't have a kill switch or they will put cracked versions on things like bit Torrent or the equivalent. A DAZ DRM would make me less likely to invest in their platform, I think, as an alternative to Smith Micro. Part of Daz'z benefit, don't forget, has been access to a 'wide' community albeit in a niche market. Now they're closing a section off??

Hope, I feel this is not a Poser issue, this is a Rendo Community Issue because it involves all the graphics that support Renderosity.