The disabling of hardware codecs in community distributions

Posted Oct 15, 2022 12:15 UTC (Sat) by ju3Ceemi (subscriber, #102464)
Parent article: The disabling of hardware codecs in community distributions

"Instead, the acceleration features in the hardware are viewed as a partial solution that only implements the patented algorithms when combined with software support on the CPU"

Yeah, well
The feature in software (Mesa) can be viewed as a partial solution that only implements the patented algorithms when combined with hardware support

As long as fedora and stuff do not provide my that hardware part, fedora lies on the same spot as those hardware manufacturers.

Legal people are sick people (or bored people, like security people, that enjoy fucking around with non-sense ?)

The disabling of hardware codecs in community distributions

Posted Oct 15, 2022 13:15 UTC (Sat) by nim-nim (subscriber, #34454) [Link] (1 responses)

Fedora wants to be distributed by some (most) of those manufacturers, getting pre-installed by manufacturers is the only way to make those interested in getting hardware quirks handled before users hit them.

The disabling of hardware codecs in community distributions

Posted Oct 20, 2022 13:05 UTC (Thu) by kpfleming (subscriber, #23250) [Link]

In which case those hardware manufacturers can arrange for an appropriate license to be included with the purchase of the hardware.