[whatwg] Codecs (was Re: Apple Proposal for Timed Media Elements)

On 3/23/07, Ian Hickson <ian at hixie.ch> wrote:
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> I hate to be the one to break this to you, but CSS is covered by patents,

I hate to be the one to break this to you, but you don't anything
about patents. Many engineers have trouble accepting this.

> It's not available under royalty free licensing. But it is not under the
> control of a single vendor. That is the important difference, not whether
> the technology is patented or not.

Proprietary technologies can come from a group of vendors as well.

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Robert Sayre

Received on Thursday, 22 March 2007 21:59:18 UTC