[MEncoder-users] Patent free codec

[Michel Bardiaux]

Phil Ehrens wrote:
> Rich Felker wrote:
> 
>>My claim is that everything is patent-free from a moral and legal
>>standpoint, because the patents are invalid. However that won't help
>>you when you get sued... :(
> 
> 
> Better to let lawyers worry about this. Coders don't understand
> the law, and lawyers don't understand code... let's try and keep
> it this way, we don't want lawyers in here, do we? Like Richard
> says, being right doesn't stop you from getting sued, being
> quiet does.
> 
> ;^)
> 
I find it surprising that no one blames the standards bodies. If ISO or 
IEEE aor ANSII were forbidden to make patented stuff into official 
standards, a lot of things would be simplified...


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