[vorbis] Here is a link to what they say about "Other Formats"

[Joe )]

On Tue, Dec 12, 2000 at 01:05:10PM -0800, Dan Hollis wrote:
> For instance, there is a kind of patent which doesn't prevent people from
> using it, only prevents corporations from trying to exert monopolistic
> control over the technology. It's a sort of open-source patent which
> protects those people who use the technology from litigation by bad
> people.

Or you could just publish your work, and use that as prior art should someone
try and patent it. Then you have none of the worries of the patent being
used to strongarm anyone (individuals or corporations).

"Open source patents" are stupid. If you publish without copyright, someone
else can still copyright it, so you need free licenses there. But if you
publish without patent, no one else can patent it.

-- 
- Joe "piman" Wreschnig <piman at sacredchao.net> - http://www.sacredchao.net
  He who fights and runs away lives to run another day.               -><-

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