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How do the original 3DGS PLY layout, Khronos KHR_gaussian_splatting and Niantic SPZ differ in coordinate system, colour (spherical harmonics), activation (scale/opacity) and rights, so that conversions between them are correct?

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The reference 3DGS code (54c035f7) writes PLY columns holding pre-activation parameters (log scale, pre-sigmoid opacity), so copying them into KHR_gaussian_splatting (linear scale, 0..1 opacity, degrees 0-3, required colour space) needs exp/sigmoid conversion; SPZ (MIT) stores RUB coordinates, names PLY as typically RDF and GLB as LUF, and supports SH degree 4, which KHR cannot carry without truncation. The three components carry different terms: 3DGS code research/non-commercial, SPZ MIT, KHR text Khronos copyright with a CC-BY-4.0 header. Curator qualifications: Coordinate claims for PLY/GLB are SPZ README statements ("typically"), not normative format text. PlayCanvas GLB note (S9, E13) and save_ply/SH2RGB lines (E3, E4) not re-read. Static reading; no splat trained, exported or converted. Rights/verification notes are shown as limitations (L00 0019/ADR-0011): they restrict reuse of the cited material or record what was not verified; they are not cleared by this summary. Limitations: Static reading; no splat trained, exported or converted. [component_reuse_restriction] Do not ship 3DGS reference code in commercial tooling; use converters with permissive licences. Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

Structured fields

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  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/graphdeco-inria/gaussian-splatting/blob/54c035f7834b564019656c3e3fcc3646292f727d/scene/gaussian_model.py",
      "note": "graphdeco-inria/gaussian-splatting scene/gaussian_model.py lines 39-46, 225-234 at 54c035f7; gaussian-splatting LICENSE.md lines 10, 34-36; nianticlabs/spz README lines 13-20, 196-202 at 5bf2945d; spz LICENSE; KHR_gaussian_splatting README (as in CA-B035/CA-B154)"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/graphdeco-inria/gaussian-splatting/blob/54c035f7834b564019656c3e3fcc3646292f727d/utils/sh_utils.py",
      "note": "graphdeco-inria/gaussian-splatting scene/gaussian_model.py lines 39-46, 225-234 at 54c035f7; gaussian-splatting LICENSE.md lines 10, 34-36; nianticlabs/spz README lines 13-20, 196-202 at 5bf2945d; spz LICENSE; KHR_gaussian_splatting README (as in CA-B035/CA-B154)"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/KhronosGroup/glTF/blob/7cee0fcddd5730e90d488bfb5aa2e52171483dde/extensions/2.0/Khronos/KHR_gaussian_splatting/README.md",
      "note": "graphdeco-inria/gaussian-splatting scene/gaussian_model.py lines 39-46, 225-234 at 54c035f7; gaussian-splatting LICENSE.md lines 10, 34-36; nianticlabs/spz README lines 13-20, 196-202 at 5bf2945d; spz LICENSE; KHR_gaussian_splatting README (as in CA-B035/CA-B154)"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/nianticlabs/spz/blob/5bf2945de1a003cee07133b1e495fe9c6ffdc7e7/README.md",
      "note": "graphdeco-inria/gaussian-splatting scene/gaussian_model.py lines 39-46, 225-234 at 54c035f7; gaussian-splatting LICENSE.md lines 10, 34-36; nianticlabs/spz README lines 13-20, 196-202 at 5bf2945d; spz LICENSE; KHR_gaussian_splatting README (as in CA-B035/CA-B154)"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/playcanvas/developer.playcanvas.com/blob/052e6a1c959ee7654fbf6feccd9dd23ebe8c676d/docs/user-manual/gaussian-splatting/formats/glb.md",
      "note": "graphdeco-inria/gaussian-splatting scene/gaussian_model.py lines 39-46, 225-234 at 54c035f7; gaussian-splatting LICENSE.md lines 10, 34-36; nianticlabs/spz README lines 13-20, 196-202 at 5bf2945d; spz LICENSE; KHR_gaussian_splatting README (as in CA-B035/CA-B154)"
    }
  ]
}

Evidence claims

[sourced_fact] The reference 3DGS code (54c035f7) writes PLY columns holding pre-activation parameters (log scale, pre-sigmoid opacity), so copying them into KHR_gaussian_splatting (linear scale, 0..1 opacity, degrees 0-3, required colour space) needs exp/sigmoid conversion; SPZ (MIT) stores RUB coordinates, names PLY as typically RDF and GLB as LUF, and supports SH degree 4, which KHR cannot carry without truncation. The three components carry different terms: 3DGS code research/non-commercial, SPZ MIT, KHR text Khronos copyright with a CC-BY-4.0 header. · locator: graphdeco-inria/gaussian-splatting scene/gaussian_model.py lines 39-46, 225-234 at 54c035f7; gaussian-splatting LICENSE.md lines 10, 34-36; nianticlabs/spz README lines 13-20, 196-202 at 5bf2945d; spz LICENSE; KHR_gaussian_splatting README (as in CA-B035/CA-B154) source

Rights

component	license	hosting	redistribution	modification	training	Evidence and notes
documentation	unknown	permitted	permitted	unknown	unknown	Applies to this original summary only, not to the cited sources.

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