On Jul 23, 06 22:26:18 +0200, Marcus Meissner wrote:
And here in Europe we do not have Software Patents, that makes it much easier for us. A free implementation of a videocodec which is patented in US, is no problem in Germany, so it's legal here. SUSE want's to
You shouldn't believe that. We *theoretically* don't have software patents, but we *practically* have. Ask a lawyer for the gory details.
Please just use and advocate OGG Vorbis/ OGG Theora.
Don't believe that OGG Vorbis / Theora don't violate software patents. They probably do (both). AFAIK it's almost impossible to design a cosinus transfer and motion compensation based video codec without patent violation. Snow from the mplayer team might have a better chance, but is in an early state. Matthias -- Matthias Hopf <mhopf@suse.de> __ __ __ Maxfeldstr. 5 / 90409 Nuernberg (_ | | (_ |__ mat@mshopf.de Phone +49-911-74053-715 __) |_| __) |__ labs www.mshopf.de --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-help@opensuse.org