> I did call out GDAL I see that now, sorry! Excellent article, by the way, it's very useful to have this kind of writeup. I suspect it's something to do wit

> I did call out GDAL I see that now, sorry! Excellent article, by the way, it's very useful to have this kind of writeup. I suspect it's something to do with the distributed installation, and the amount of the required behaviour that is sitting behind completed specifications. Eventually, it will be cheaper for a user to just pay for development of any remaining features they need than pay for licensing. And, the functionality addition is cumulative - pay once, keep forever.