Looks like things may be about to turn uglier on this front: http://blogs.fsfe.org/hugo/2010/04/open-letter-to-steve-jobs/
Jobs has apparently replied: 'From: Steve Jobs To: Hugo Roy Subject: Re:Open letter to Steve Jobs: Thoughts on Flash Date 30/04/2010 15:21:17 All video codecs are covered by patents. A patent pool is being assembled to go after Theora and other "open source" codecs now. Unfortunately, just because something is open source, it doesn't mean or guarantee that it doesn't infringe on others patents. An open standard is different from being royalty free or open source.' --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Michael Verdi <mich...@...> wrote: > > On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 11:51 AM, Joly MacFie <j...@...> wrote: > > > > > I also noted Jobs recent statement that Theora is not free of > > potential encumbrance. > > > > I wouldn't put much stock in that FUD. Also, all of these arguments > don't (and can't really) take into account VP8 that Google is > preparing to open source. Give them a few months to put it out there > and let's see how good it is and who adopts it. Until then people are > just fighting last year's battle. > > - Verdi > > > > -- > Training for a triathlon and raising money for The Leukemia & Lymphoma > Society. > http://training.michaelverdi.com >
