Thanks, it clarified a few things. I did not even think of the GPL and the QEMU images.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > NoiseEHC, > > > Sure, using Ogg over MP3 is totally okay, since it is not only free but > > better than MP3. But as others said all the free video codecs are crap > > compared to commercial ones. So my question: is there any reason that > > the OLPC cannot license one good quality codec for ~10 cents? (Not sure > > that it should be H.264 but anything else which runs with adequate speed > > on the XO, and has VideoLAN support.) > > Depending on the license of the application that is loading the codec, > it may be a license violation to license the patent. For example, if > the application is GPL, then patent licensing is not an option. > > We could ask the SFLC to confirm if anyone is interested (I'm sure > Eben Moglen would be happy to give a more complete answer), but I'd be > surprised if they didn't agree, > > It also would be a community divider. It would mean all the free > images (for qemu etc) would have to be different from the real X0 > images. Not good from a QA point of view. > > Plus, I suspect many people on this list hate patents just as much as > I do and don't want to pay patent fees on principle :-) > > Cheers, Tridge > > > _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel