A comment from Tinic's site: "'Sorenson' refers not to 'Spark' but to Sorenson 3, which was Apple's favorite QuickTime codec before H.264 (and before Sorenson got into bed with Macromedia). I fully expect support for 'Spark' to continue. (Adobe would be nuts to drop it)."
hope that helps On 8/21/07, Dominick Accattato <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hank, as always I appreciate your comments on these matters. > > Additionally, I just checked an existing site I created and Sorenson is > still streaming fine, and I'd imagine that On2 will as well. I had no > doubts that they would as Adobe strives for backward compatibility even > though they have made security enhancements that broke existing content in > the past. > > I'm not sure why he wrote that it doesn't support sorenson > > On 8/21/07, hank williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > > > 1. I am not clear what name you are saying red5 comes close to > > infringing. > > > > 2. If it does, there are no damages without notice. You cannot sue if > > you ask someone to change the name and they do. Its not like copyright > > infringement where any infringement creates a statutory liability. Therefore > > any intelligent open source project would just change its name. This would > > not be a smart strategy for eliminating open source and I *strongly* doubt > > red5 is at any risk from this kind of a plan. > > > > Regards, > > Hank > > > > > > On 8/21/07, Donnacha <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > > > > > RE: Trademarks > > > > > > To clarify what I meant, this issue has come up in discussion with > > > some very switched on people but not, I have to stress, anyone in > > > Adobe itself. The context was people in fairly high positions, > > > discussing the tricky problem, faced by many proprietary software > > > makers, of how to counter OSS competition without provoking a > > > publicity backlash; Adobe/Red5 came up as a perfect case study. > > > > > > There was total agreement that the Red5 developers have been > > > meticulous in ensuring that they didn't infringe Adobe's IP but the > > > name itself was identified as their Achilles heal, not necessarily > > > because it infringes a trademark or servicemark, although it may, but > > > because it comes close enough to justify a court case. > > > > > > The case of a claimant against Red5 would not be strong enough to > > > guarantee a win and, therefore, would not be worth taking UNLESS a > > > third party anonymously funded the legal costs as a distraction/FUD > > > tactic, just as Microsoft part-funded SCO's anti-Linux actions. This > > > form of anonymous funding is 100% legal and very common practice among > > > > > > American corporations. > > > > > > In the case of targeting OSS projects, the presumption is that no > > > formal structure is in place to fund a defense and that the costs will > > > be borne by the lead developers with no prospect, in this type of > > > action, of re-couping their costs even if they win - each side eats > > > their own costs. > > > > > > This expensive process massively favors corporations and the vast > > > majority of these disputes never make it to court, never come to > > > public attention. > > > > > > As any such action would be a once-off opportunity and would be held > > > in reserve until it can be used to maximum effect, probably after the > > > project goes 1.0 and a lot of momentum has built up behind the > > > disputed name - being forced to change it at that point would be a > > > serious set-back. > > > > > > When the project was initially launched, I presumed that Red5 was > > > temporary title, a cute Star Wars reference that would soon be > > > replaced with a better name, one for which the .com was still > > > available. I never expected it would last this long, I figured that a > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Red5 mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/red5_osflash.org > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Red5 mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/red5_osflash.org > > > > > > > -- > Dominick Accattato, CTO > Infrared5 Inc. > www.newviewnetworks.com -- Dominick Accattato, CTO Infrared5 Inc. www.newviewnetworks.com
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