Josselin Mouette schrieb: > Maybe it would be a good idea to push h.264 now the related patents have > been invalidated. It provides a much better compression level than Ogg > Theora.
I didn't hear anything of H.264 related patents having been invalidated (by what court? In what country?). To my knowledge there's a multitude of patents being connected with H.264. "The MPEG-4 Visual Patent Portfolio License includes essential patents owned by Canon Inc.; CIF Licensing, LLC; Competitive Technologies, Inc.; DAEWOO Electronics Corporation; France Télécom, société anonyme; Fujitsu Limited; GE Technology Development, Inc.; Hitachi, Ltd.; KDDI Corporation*; Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.; LG Electronics Inc.; Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.; Microsoft Corporation; Mitsubishi Electric Corporation; Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.; Pantech&Curitel Communications, Inc.; Robert Bosch GmbH; Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.; SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.; Sedna Patent Services, LLC; Sharp Corporation; Siemens AG; Sony Corporation; Telenor ASA; Toshiba Corporation; and Victor Company of Japan, Limited." http://www.mpegla.com/m4v/ I find it hard to believe all patents have been been "invalidated". > Fortunately not. We have free MPEG-4 decoders, thanks. > I don't consider this to be true. Can you give a source supporting your theory? Maik Merten -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
