Actually untrue. They don't need an app to strip object information as that is contained in the object file in the geometries folder - all they need to do is import that, or read the object information. But it's not the object that makes a figure poseable or conforming. That requires a lot of parameters, including but not limited to rotation, fall off zones, virtual positioning in 3dspace etc. etc. That information cannot be automatically created in a program, it requires, nay "needs" user input. Try importing a figure into Poser 4 made with a PIF file - and see how well it works. That's where the fun starts. That's where the problems also start. In order for a poser figure to retain not just it's appearance (object file) but it's useability (cr2), the set-up and parameters that make it poseable must also be interpreted. That would require importing Curious Labs protected file structures. It's possible it could be done inside the law as given and inside the EULA structure of Poser 4, but "I" don't know how, I'm not a programmer. However, I would be extremely nervous of screwing around with a file format and structure that belongs to another company without that company's permission, and I can see no way at all that Curious Labs would give that permission to Daz allowing them to compete directly in a market that Curious Labs have had a monopoly in for several years.