Rahul Sundaram writes:
On 05/20/2010 08:38 PM, Stanislav Ochotnicky wrote:On 05/20/2010 03:19 PM, Bruno Wolff III wrote:Expect a patent fight before the end of this.Excerpt from http://x264dev.multimedia.cx/?p=377 Addendum C: Summary for the lazy ... [a lot left out] With regard to patents, VP8 copies way too much from H.264 for anyone sane to be comfortable with it, no matter whose word is behind the claim of being patent-free. ... [a lot left out] Read the whole analysis...seems pretty interesting.Understanding and reading patents requires expertise in that area. Don't trust engineers to do a good job with that.
Additionally: Google has a huge pile of cash handy. It's a very good bet that they will intercede in any patent-based attack on anyone using VP8. Any legal action by a patent troll against anyone using VP8 will be -- and rightfully so -- a threat to Google as well. They did not buy out and paid a nice sum of cash for VP8 just to sit on a sidelines and do nothing while someone gets a precedent that VP8 is patent-encumbered.
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