- From: Dave Singer <singer@apple.com>
- Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 09:19:15 +0900
- To: Kornel Lesinski <kornel@geekhood.net>, public-html@w3.org
At 21:46 +0000 11/12/07, Kornel Lesinski wrote: >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? The revision to the draft merely made it clear that work is continuing, and that a MUST is desirable, neither of which were clear from the previous placeholder language. That's all. -- David Singer Apple/QuickTime
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