- From: Robert Sayre <sayrer@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 00:52:07 -0500
On Dec 11, 2007 8:31 PM, Dave Singer <singer at apple.com> wrote: > > That is an oxymoron. Ogg is NOT a standard; it > is an open-source effort. H.264 (for example) is > NOT proprietary, but a multi-vendor-developed > international standard. A "multi-vendor" effort does not make the codec non-proprietary. For example, it could be the offering of a cartel. In this case, you have to pay to use it, so it's pretty clear that it is proprietary. At least for those of us that speak English as a first language. http://www.answers.com/proprietary&r=67 -- Robert Sayre "I would have written a shorter letter, but I did not have the time."
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