Re: codecs and totem
"Denver Gingerich" <denver@ossguy.com> wrote:
> Also, it is possible that the use of encoding software for MPEG-2 is
> more actively litigated.
That is my impression.
> Do you know which of these is the case? It would be nice to know
> how Debian makes decisions on things like this.
debian-legal talks about these things, but ftp-master makes the actual
decisions. Ftp-master does not necessarily provide a reasoning for
all of their decisions.
> When it comes to patented codecs, what constitutes "safe enough"?
> How does one determine if the patents for a codec are being
> "actively litigated"?
It is usually pretty clear. For example, the patent holders may be
sending nasty letters to people.
Cheers,
Walter Landry
wlandry@caltech.edu
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