On Tue, 29 Aug 2006 13:48:48 -0600
"Lance Hanlen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 8/29/06, Attila Kinali <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > The question should be rather, which patent does not apply.
> > Video coding is so full of patents, that it is impossible
> > to design a codec without violating at least a dozen patents.
> >
> > Of course, most of these patents are trival patens, have prior
> > art or just patent mathematical algorithms known for decades.
>
> In case anyone doesn't know, Theora's IP is designed from the ground
> up to be as "patent-free" as our system(s) of government allow.
Sorry, but that's not true. There are patents that apply to Theora
as well as there are patents on DCT or motion compensation.
Believe me, anything in the video coding field that is worth using
(and even stuff that isn't worth using) is patented.
Theora just claims to be patent free.
Attila Kinali
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