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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. Theora vs. H.264 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    I think it was decided that in the end the patent liability for both was near equal. So given that H.264 is the superior tech it makes sense to pick that over Theora.

  2. Who cares? by Jorl17 · · Score: 0, Troll

    I do, and so should you.

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  3. Re:Who is Thom Holwerda? by neuroklinik · · Score: 0, Troll

    Thom... stop the astroturfing. Sheesh.

    Oh.. and OSNews is a shitty site. So pbhbhtptpbhh.

  4. Re:Patent risks by Lars+T. · · Score: 0, Troll

    Actually, the USPTO no longer lets you patent perpetual motion machines.

    You are out of date on this subject, I'd take the time to catch up if I were you...

    So the USPTO was wrong about perpetual motion, but not about Math - which would have proven perpetual motion wrong. Gee, I wonder if that was my point.

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