[Ffmpeg-devel] Re: time for a release?

[Rich Felker]

On Fri, Dec 16, 2005 at 09:32:31PM +0000, M?ns Rullg?rd wrote:
> Rich Felker <dalias at aerifal.cx> writes:
> 
> > On Fri, Dec 16, 2005 at 07:56:08PM +0000, M?ns Rullg?rd wrote:
> >> Luca Barbato <lu_zero at gentoo.org> writes:
> >> 
> >> > Reinhard Tartler wrote:
> >> >> The problem now is, that we do want to support software like xine and
> >> >> mplayer, but we cannot, because they include 'problematic' parts of
> >> >> ffmpeg. If they could rely on a stable ffmpeg, so that they don't need
> >> >> to maintain an own fork of ffmpeg, it would be a lot easier for us to
> >> >> support those packages.
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> > I was about to write some flammatory paragraph about patents in
> >> > software and the attitude taken toward that blatant abuse. Better say
> >> > that you are free to disable every codec beside the ones patent
> >> > shielded (more or less) and use the same configuration in every
> >> > package.
> >> 
> >> What will that leave you with?  Raw video, RLE, huffyuv, theora?
> >> Doesn't seem very useful to me.
> >
> > Theora is not patent-free.
> 
> I know, but I thought On2 had given permission to use them.  Even so,
> theora can hardly be considered useful.

On2 DOES NOT OWN THE RELEVANT PATENTS!!

Rich