On 26 Jun 2007, at 00:57, Silvia Pfeiffer wrote:
So a company which owns a patent on a standard that can bought and
read at freedom is just as bad as a company which owns a patent on a
standard that has absolutely no public documentation?
If you're talking about Ogg Theora, then you've got your facts wrong.
First of all, Ogg Theora is not owned by a company.
"So a company [Apple] which owns a patent on a standard that can
bought and read at freedom [MPEG4] is just as bad as a company
[Microsoft] which owns a patent on a standard that has absolutely no
public documentation [WMA/WMV]?"
- Geoffrey Sneddon