The K mount was never open source. It was licensed at very reasonable rates when first introduced. The latest KAF2 lens mount is far from open source.
William Robb wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "P. J. Alling" > Subject: Re: Don't want to sound too alarmist but... > > > >> Why would Sony make a K mount body? I see no reason. Besides Hoya >> would own the rights to the K mount and I doubt they'd be as easygoing >> as Pentax on licensing. >> >> > > I may be wrong, but I believe the K-mount is open source. > > William Robb > > -- All dogs have four legs; my cat has four legs. Therefore, my cat is a dog. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
