On Wed, Sep 28, 2022 at 5:34 AM Michael Cronenworth <m...@cchtml.com> wrote:
>
> On 9/27/22 1:56 PM, David Airlie wrote:
> > The patent licensing around H264/H265 is such that providing this
> > could leave Red Hat and other Fedora distributors exposed to legal
> > problems.
>
> How is Mesa violating H264/H265 patents? Mesa wasn't performing any patented
> functionality.
>
> If simply handling the bitstream is a violation like you say then 
> glibc/kernel could
> be patent infringing with an open() call. Let's not get that silly.

The implicit IANAL is very clear here.

Dave.
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