I'm not sure if your rant was aimed at me or others, but I would just like to point out that I've been using Photoscan for years for face scanning, it was me that suggested to Lee (Infinite) that he should try the software, the rest is history... the whole reason all these "mini-me" 3D printing companies sprang up in the last few years is due to Lee openly talking about his Photoscan process.
Just to put that in context I have never made a single penny from using Photoscan, i don't offer a scanning service, I design and build hardware.
Whilst this is partially true Merry, the industry was generally heading in this direction, Photoscan. It's just no one had ever tested with a multi camera system. Luckily IR was the first to do that properly. I was aware of Agisoft before you mentioned it to me. I actually saw the work Samuel Poirier was doing before that which tempted me but I was already knee deep with Dimensional Imaging and had an expensive Scanner Killer license, my journey started back in 2008 thanks primarily to DI and XYZ-RGB, who were the true pioneers.
My research how ever would have not been possible without Merry's hardware designs for trigger and power.
I'm sorry to hear Jeffrey got a bunch of hate mail, there was no need for that (whoever did it should apologize) There is nothing wrong with sharing.
It is a shame some companies use Agisoft as their main business and don't participate here and help others but no one is forcing anyone to share or not to share. We can do as we please.
It's now a very competitive industry thanks to the monetary system we live in.
What annoys me most is when people don't talk openly about Agisoft Photoscan, or get it linked in press releases. The more exposure the better.