Call the reference curve what it is, and drop wording that reads as copying

The view transform's second curve is the DNG SDK's published reference
rendering — the ACR3 default curve applied by RefBaselineRGBTone — so
it is the "DNG Reference" curve in the panel, D21 and the code, not a
name borrowed from another product. Comments and docs that justified a
choice by another editor doing it ("as their Amount", "so a
photographer arriving from it finds the name") now give the actual
reason. The Vivid presets no longer describe themselves as reaching
for another editor's look; they are DarkRoom's own.

Factual mentions stay: which program wrote the library's DNGs, what
was measured against, and preset import. camera-profiles.md gains §15,
on starting a photograph from the edit it already carries.
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| D12 | Scope versus pace | **DECIDED 2026-09-19** — settled by events; full scope stands, no v1 date |
| D18 | Derived images | **DECIDED 2026-09-19** — a merge writes a new source file; no multi-source Version |
| D19 | Scene-referred pipeline | **DECIDED 2026-09-27** — edits on unbounded scene-linear colour; one view transform, last; per-body base curves retired |
| D21 | Camera Raw tone for raws | **PARTLY DECIDED 2026-10-03** — the view transform gains a Camera Raw curve (profile's, else ACR3 default, via RGBTone in ProPhoto) as a choice; which curve is the default is open, pending measurement against Lightroom exports |
| D21 | DNG reference tone for raws | **PARTLY DECIDED 2026-10-03** — the view transform gains the DNG reference curve (profile's, else ACR3 default, via RGBTone in ProPhoto) as a choice; which curve is the default is open, pending measurement against Lightroom exports |
| D20 | DCP camera profiles | **DECIDED 2026-10-02** — HueSatMap and LookTable as a scene operation after exposure; embedded profile first, then a matched `.dcp`; tone curve not applied; none shipped |
### D11 — product positioning
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*What it costs.* Every DNG with an embedded profile renders differently; previews refresh only when
rendered again; tablet and desktop release together. The profiles directory does not sync yet.
### D21 — Camera Raw tone for raws · **PARTLY DECIDED 2026-10-03**
### D21 — DNG reference tone for raws · **PARTLY DECIDED 2026-10-03**
*Amended the same day:* the default is **not** decided. The measurement below was against
Lightroom previews of photographs carrying the user's Lightroom edits — a house look of HSL