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.