[opendtv] Re: News: Is Apple Planning A Move Against Ogg Theora?
- From: Tom Barry <trbarry@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 04 May 2010 04:22:53 -0400
Kon Wilms wrote:
> On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 1:17 PM, Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> In all likelihood it will be MPEG-LA or a few of the usual suspects (not
>> Apple) who will go after Ogg and anyone else who tries to create a royalty
>> free video codec. They went after Microsoft, which tried to give VC-3 to
>> SMPTE.
>>
>
> Just another reason to add to the laundry list as to why our patent
> system needs to be dissolved.
>
> Cheers
> Kon
>
>
The strongest agreement here. There is great cost and little public
benefit in allowing abstract patents on mathematical algorithms,
business practices, and especially software. We should stop this
immediately.
- Tom
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