On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 09:23:20PM -0500, David Walser wrote: > andre999 wrote: > > However I do agree that we should put encoders that seem to be covered > > by valid patents in some countries in "tainted". > > If we really want a hard and fast rule, I agree that this makes the most > sense.
If you look hard enough, just about any significant software is probably violating a software patent in some country in the world (see http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/en/m/dangers/linux.html). Any criteria used to determine "tainted" or not has to be more concrete than "seems" to be covered by valid patents. Under that criteria, the Linux kernel would have to go into tainted since it violates patents by Microsoft, Bedrock Computer Technologies, McDonnell Douglas, etc. >>> Dan
