On Feb 01, 07 07:02:00 +0100, Pascal Bleser wrote:
So then those who preach ogg from the hill tops are still not necessarily any more free of patents until they prove that speex and vorbis are not violating someone's patent?
It is actually the other way round: Those who claim to have patents on speex or vorbis must prove that their claims are valid. Unless that is proven a patent isn't worth anything.
for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) { std::cout << i << std::endl; }
I'm sure this violates a software patent as well. not so sure...
umm... hang on for a minute... /me checks... /me files a patent for the for loop and gets rich !!!
That may get accepted, but it will be most definitly an invalid patent.
No, seriously, Vorbis, FLAC and Theora probably violate patents.
Here We can assume that these 'probably violated patents' are invalid. Can't we? [...]
That's exactly why software patents are a ridiculous (but extremely dangerous) idea in the first place. No doubt about the 'ridiculous', but dangerousness becomes relative, once you strip the FUD off.
Still, with MP3, the question isn't even open. It's pretty clear, and it's damn restrictive.
Right. Thomson and Fraunhofer have tried hard to demonstrate the validity of their patents... sigh, Jw. -- o \ Juergen Weigert paint it green! __/ _=======.=======_ <V> | jw@suse.de wide open suse_/ _---|____________\/ \ | 0911 74053-508 (tm)__/ (____/ /\ (/) | __________________________/ _/ \_ vim:set sw=2 wm=8 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org