MCF Association ; was : No need to write the spec

<"Steve Lhomme" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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<> Also we should try to start searching for how to trademark a name in
<> different important countries : USA, France, Germany, UK and Japan. (for
<> France I know that it's handled by the INPI but we need a legal
<> organisation)
<> And also maybe start raising funds for that and the domain names
<> registration.
<That makes me think about XviD. What is their status now ? Are they
<going "public" again ? What are they waiting for ?

They are online again, but issues with SIGMA remain.

<The link to MCF is that if XviD had a legal existence and maybe some
<money on the back they could have more power on Sigma, either by taking
<legal actions (they could easily win) but also just using this menace
<against Sigma (that would take it seriously because of the legal
<existence + money) to work things around in a friendlier manner...
<I think in the future such problems (violation of the libmcf license or
<abusive use of our format name when a software is not really compliant)
<will enevitably happen. So we might think about it in advance to be
<ready when the time comes.

I guess this is my job to investigate this and sort it all out. But we first
have to agree on a new name. Poll ???

Christian





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