Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2011 10:59:54 +1000 From: Da Rock <freebsd-questions@herveybayaustralia.com.au> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HAL must die! Message-ID: <4D815D0A.8050404@herveybayaustralia.com.au> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTinToezY70h611GV_9TKnAu7KGoi0dq5bU8cec27@mail.gmail.com> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1103061251530.95312@abbf.6qbyyneqvnyhc.pbz> <il2qar$ka1$1@dough.gmane.org> <20110307162153.0463fa73@atmarama.net> <AANLkTikrA3U9HDMQ%2BFekZzhOuM9q53k7jr3yvy9MLbeP@mail.gmail.com> <20110307170014.GB65289@guilt.hydra> <4D7FE8E1.90600@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <20110315203753.55f1ec3b@scorpio> <20110316004351.GA6614@guilt.hydra> <AANLkTinGrDYBtYgw=38wCdCVLu_pWsij3djrm=5BDUV5@mail.gmail.com> <20110316180938.GA10333@guilt.hydra> <AANLkTinToezY70h611GV_9TKnAu7KGoi0dq5bU8cec27@mail.gmail.com>
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On 03/17/11 04:38, David Brodbeck wrote: > On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 11:09 AM, Chad Perrin<perrin@apotheon.com> wrote: > >> It's certainly true that video is a bit of a "sticky widget" with regard >> to open standards. The moment someone develops something that is >> verifiably free of patent encumbrances for video and doesn't just *suck*, >> I expect that either it will achieve escape velocity in mere moments to >> become the most widely deployed type of video in the world, or the guy >> who created it will die under mysterious circumstances and his heirs will >> somehow arrange to dummy up a patent application in his name with the >> help of whoever's going to buy the patent from those heirs. >> > The problem is it'd have to be someone who's unemployed. ;) Any > software company is going to want to patent something that valuable; > they'd be failing their shareholders if they didn't. > Except a private company. > We may just have to wait for the patents to expire on some older but > still viable codecs, much like eventually happened with GIF. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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