Isn't this where we started on this thread? j
On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 10:17 AM, elbowsofdeath <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 [email protected], 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 >> > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast WWWhatsup NYC - http://wwwhatsup.com http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com Secretary - ISOC-NY - http://isoc-ny.org ---------------------------------------------------------------
