On Wed, 28 Sep 2022 05:36:01 +1000 David Airlie <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 28, 2022 at 5:34 AM Michael Cronenworth <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On 9/27/22 1:56 PM, David Airlie wrote: > > > The patent licensing around H264/H265 is such that providing this > > > could leave Red Hat and other Fedora distributors exposed to legal > > > problems. > > > > How is Mesa violating H264/H265 patents? Mesa wasn't performing any patented > > functionality. > > > > If simply handling the bitstream is a violation like you say then > > glibc/kernel could > > be patent infringing with an open() call. Let's not get that silly. > > The implicit IANAL is very clear here. the topic has already been opened on the legal list in https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/M4LTGLHY5JX42IHC45WNWB5FH2JIFMAS/ Dan _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected] Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
