Josselin Mouette schrieb: > Thanks for these precisions. I'm glad I could help to shed some light on that.
> I am still convinced that we should ignore patents entirely, but this > isn't a consensus in the project, so the issues with h.264 remain the > same as those of DivX et al. Yeah, sadly it seems H.264 (MPEG-4 Part 10) is just as dangerous as DivX/XviD (that's technology based on MPEG-4 Part 2). Personally I would love to use and recommend those formats: They're well performing and have good hardware support etc. - it's really a shame the patent system is as lousy as it is. Ignoring patents can be dangerous, though. If you get sued and the suing party can prove you knew of those patents you can get punished even harder AFAIK (IANAL!). In case of Debian vs. MPEG they could simply point to the mailing lists where the various problems with patents were discussed. This whole patent system is a mess and I hope it either collapses under its own weight or is redesigned so it becomes bearable. However, I don't feel like there's much choice right now but to avoid patents wherever possible, even if that isn't 100% safe either. Maik Merten -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
