Attila Kinali wrote:
On Tue, 29 Aug 2006 13:48:48 -0600 "Lance Hanlen"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 8/29/06, Attila Kinali <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> 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.
You realize you aren't actually contradicting each other, right?
Patents aren't all equal -- some are more enforceable than others,
and some are more likely to be enforced than others. "As patent-free
as our system(s) of government allow" suggests that dangerous
patents have been avoided, but of course there are trivial or
unenforceable patents that will be violated.
That's because you pretty much can't breathe without violating
some trivial patent these days.
Theora is "patent-free" by comparison with MPEG, which is their
main point.
Cheers,
Terry
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Terry Hancock ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Anansi Spaceworks http://www.AnansiSpaceworks.com
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