[vorbis] YAPQ (Yet Another Patent Question)

Richard Polton Richard.Polton at msdw.com
Tue Dec 12 05:27:36 PST 2000



Assumng that shell.world-net.co.nz/~kyhwana is your home directory,
cuecat is not listed although I found a subdir ;-) Is there another main page?

Also, the link to LiViD does not work (it points to www.livid.or not
www.linuxvideo.org)

Daniel Richards wrote:

> Dan Hollis wrote:
>
> > I think it's time for serious research for prior art to defend against
> > possible FhG harassment and attacks. Does anyone have a list of FhG
> > patents?
> Failing that, mirroring the xiph site and/or all Vorbis resources in a
> country that doesn't allow software patents like the US?
> Mirrors in general would also be handy, there are people willing to
> mirror "contraversial" content if the Fhg turns their guns on Vorbis.
>
> I for one would mirror it, since I seem to mirror everything else.
> (DeCSS, Cuecat, streambox VCR, that cyber patrol hack document, etcetc)
>
> This might sound a bit like "Fuck the man" but not everyone has money to
> fight frivilous lawsuits, just the time and will.
>
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