Isn't this where we started on this thread?

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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:
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> 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
>>
>>
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