- From: Robert Sayre <sayrer@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 01:16:19 -0400
On 3/23/07, Ian Hickson <ian at hixie.ch> wrote: > The technologies I listed _are_ > covered by patents, yet they are not proprietary. This seems like a > relevant counterexample to your argument. If I have to pay someone because they own something, that seems like a pretty good indicator of a proprietary technology. Why would I have to pay money if no one owns the codec? > > > > 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. > > Yes, if that group is closed. How can I join MPEG-LA? <http://www.mpegla.com> -- Robert Sayre
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