- From: Kornel Lesinski <kornel@geekhood.net>
- Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 21:46:13 -0000
- To: public-html@w3.org
As far as I know (IANAL) submarine patents are problem mainly in the US. If rest of the world doesn't have so crippling patent law, it would be unfair to let negative effects of US law affect standard that is used internationally, to a great extent outside US jurisdiction. I think it's entirely possible that in some countries/communities Ogg will become viable alternative, even if Microsoft and Apple ignore it -- for example in Poland Opera+Gecko already have nearly 40% of the market and are still gaining popularity (ranking.pl). SHOULD requirement in the spec is needed to raise awareness of the codecs among authors who otherwise wouldn't even suspect that browsers may be capable of playing Vorbis/Theora. OTOH SHOULD is not an absolute requirement, so it's not stopping anyone from having spec-compliant implementation. If it doesn't, then what is the benefit of removing it, other than letting few corporations feel good about ignoring these codecs? -- regards, Kornel Lesinski
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