Re: The (not so) great base-encoding debate of 2020

On 2020-05-08 1:03 am, Christopher Allen wrote:
> The big open question now is the best method for doing some form of 
> fountain code for redundancy and reliability in animated QRs. 
> Qualcomm has some nasty patents in the fountain code territory that 
> we'll need to avoid...

Is it possible for someone to explain what "fountain code" is in 
(relatively) non-technical terms?

I guess I mean what does it allow that wasn't possible before, and 
what's the main innovation or feature of how it does this?


Steven Rowat