Re: As I've said before...
Basil Mohamed Gohar <[email protected]>
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On 05/21/2010 02:34 PM, Shayne Wissler wrote: > Don't say I didn't warn you: > > http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20100520/googles-royalty-free-webm-video-may-not-be-royalty-free-for-long > > Don't get me wrong, I'll be as ecstatic as any of you to see Theora > and VP8 succeed, I just see the patent system as far more insidious > than I think many of you do. > > > Shayne > _______________________________________________ > theora mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xiph.org/mailman/listinfo/theora > Shayne, with all due respect, it didn't really take a lot of insight to see this coming. MPEG-LA doesn't do anything BUT manage patent pools. it's their sole purpose of existence. Google's license for WebM even factors this stuff in, to a degree.