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video codec patent nonsense

video codec patent nonsense

Posted Apr 21, 2008 8:47 UTC (Mon) by Ross (subscriber, #4065)
In reply to: video codec patent nonsense by DonDiego
Parent article: Video forums for free software

You assume that for the ones known to be covered by patents that we know all of the patents
involved.

It's almost the same case, really, except you are prevented from applying copyleft terms to
your implementation because of the patent licensing agreement.


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