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H.264 vs. Theora — Fightin' Words About Patentability

Posted by timothy on from the ascii-art-will-save-us dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Thom Holwerda from OS News has penned a rebuttal to claims from Daring Fireball's John Gruber that Theora is a greater patent risk than H.264. Holwerda writes, 'And so the H264/Theora debate concerning HTML5 video continues. The most recent entry into the discussion comes from John Gruber, who argues that Theora is more in danger of patent litigation than H264. He's wrong, and here's why.'"

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  1. Re:Patent risks by westlake · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The answer is, and always will be, because software is math.

    Patents are traditionally awarded to the man who sees a problem and find a creative and practical solution that has eluded everyone else who began with the same knowledge and resources.

    Math and logic are simply tools - as accessible to the machinist as they are to the programmer.