Thor: another free video codec

Cisco, it seems, is unhappy with the patent mess around video codecs, so it has launched a project called "Thor" to make one that can be freely distributed. "The effort is being staffed by some of the world’s most foremost codec experts, including the legendary Gisle Bjøntegaard and Arild Fuldseth, both of whom have been heavy contributors to prior video codecs. We also hired patent lawyers and consultants familiar with this technology area. We created a new codec development process which would allow us to work through the long list of patents in this space, and continually evolve our codec to work around or avoid those patents."

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