BTW, Luis from WMF has put a very lengthy and detailed analysis of the legal issues that does help quite a bit, at the end of the RFC:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Requests_for_comment/MP4_Video#Commercial_use_and_h264 TLDR: "…there may be good moral, ethical, and strategic reasons to oppose or support this plan. However, in my opinion, non-commercial restrictions on the use of particular h264-based devices, or their interactions with Creative Commons, are not good reasons to oppose it" -LVilla (WMF)<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:LVilla_(WMF)> (talk <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:LVilla_(WMF)>) 05:06, 17 January 2014 (UTC) On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 11:02 AM, Chad Horohoe <[email protected]>wrote: > On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 7:55 AM, Strainu <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 2014/1/16 Andrew Lih <[email protected]>: > > > As much as I am pushing for MP4 adoption in Wikimedia to help our > lagging > > > video efforts, MPEG-4 patent holders/licensors are not helping their > > case: > > > [snip] > > > > I worry more about the "no, because that would mean more video content > > uploaded to commons" votes (see Rilke, Turelio). I find it disturbing > > that we got to a point were we basically *refuse* new contributions. > > > > Me too. Anytime I see a "but it will enable bad contributions" argument for > reasons not to do things I get a little sad. Every well-meaning > contribution > should be valued, IMHO. > > -Chad > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
