[Open-graphics] Re: Patents (was: Re: Decoding HD mpeg)

[Lance Hanlen]

On 9/5/06, Lourens Veen <lourens at rainbowdesert.net> wrote:
> On Thursday 31 August 2006 19:51, Lance Hanlen wrote:
> > On 8/30/06, Attila Kinali <attila at kinali.ch> wrote:
> > > On Wed, 30 Aug 2006 09:06:37 -0600
> > >
> > > "Lance Hanlen" <lance.hanlen at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > I really want to emphasize that patents are not so bad unless
> > > > you're a giant corporation.
> > >
> > > Not fully true. Patents are a big problem if you are a small
> > > company or a free time project like 99.999% of the OSS projects
> > > are.
> >
> > I realized you're absolutely right to be suspicious of patents.
>
> As an additional argument:
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/5312696.stm
>

This is extremely interesting! I have often pontificated that any
algorithm can be "improved" past its patented version. If these guys
really did find a way to beat the MP3 standard, and they can win, all
our patent worries are over! We just keep improving things :D

-- 
Lance

The woods are lovely, dark, and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
     - Robert Frost