Re: Mesa in F37- vaapi support disabled for h264/h265/vc1

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> On Sep 29, 2022, at 7:36 AM, Kevin Kofler via devel <devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Neal Gompa wrote:
>> Unfortunately, we have to be very careful to not provide a complete
>> codepath to these codecs to avoid legal risks.
> 
> Considering that we have been shipping these hardware codec interfaces for 
> years without any legal trouble, I find this absolutely ridiculous.
> 
>        Kevin Kofler
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Lack of legal action is not evidence of no further legal action. There are multiple possible explanations:

- they see no point because going after distros would waste time and money and bring bad PR
- going after Redhat who would assume liability is a different story as they’re a Fortune 500 company
- they or some other company (through merger or acquisition) may suddenly decide to patent troll

That and the Streisand effect makes this accident more public which draws attention and scrutiny. 
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