Re: [whatwg] Google's use of FFmpeg in Chromium and Chrome

2009-06-02 Thread Daniel Berlin
On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 3:50 AM, Chris DiBona wrote: > Looping in Dannyb (who may not be on the list, so if necessary, I'll > forward) as I'm in the midst of a conference and can't give this the > attention it deserves. > > Chris > > On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 1:19 PM, Håkon Wium Lie wrote: >> Also sp

Re: [whatwg] Google's use of FFmpeg in Chromium and Chrome Was: Re: MPEG-1 subset proposal for HTML5 video codec

2009-06-02 Thread Daniel Berlin
On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 8:20 PM, Chris DiBona wrote: > Looping in Danny (in transit) > > On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 1:38 AM, Geoffrey Sneddon > wrote: >> >> On 2 Jun 2009, at 02:58, Chris DiBona wrote: >> >>> One participant quoted one of the examples from the LGPL 2.1, which >>> says "For example, if

Re: [whatwg] Google's use of FFmpeg in Chromium and Chrome Was: Re: MPEG-1 subset proposal for HTML5 video codec

2009-06-02 Thread Daniel Berlin
On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 9:38 PM, Silvia Pfeiffer wrote: > On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 11:29 AM, Daniel Berlin wrote: >> On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 8:20 PM, Chris DiBona wrote: >>> Looping in Danny (in transit) >>> >>> On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 1:38 AM, Geoffrey Sneddon

Re: [whatwg] Google's use of FFmpeg in Chromium and Chrome Was: Re: MPEG-1 subset proposal for HTML5 video codec

2009-06-02 Thread Daniel Berlin
On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 9:50 PM, Gregory Maxwell wrote: > On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 9:29 PM, Daniel Berlin wrote: > [snip] >>>  I would, however, get in trouble for not having paid patent >>> fees for doing so. >> No more or less trouble than you would have gotten in ha

Re: [whatwg] Google's use of FFmpeg in Chromium and Chrome Was: Re: MPEG-1 subset proposal for HTML5 video codec

2009-06-02 Thread Daniel Berlin
On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 10:18 PM, Daniel Berlin wrote: > On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 9:50 PM, Gregory Maxwell wrote: >> On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 9:29 PM, Daniel Berlin wrote: >> [snip] >>>>  I would, however, get in trouble for not having paid patent >>>> fees fo

Re: [whatwg] Google's use of FFmpeg in Chromium and Chrome Was: Re: MPEG-1 subset proposal for HTML5 video codec

2009-06-02 Thread Daniel Berlin
On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 11:51 PM, Gregory Maxwell wrote: > On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 10:18 PM, Daniel Berlin wrote: >> On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 9:50 PM, Gregory Maxwell wrote: >>> On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 9:29 PM, Daniel Berlin wrote: >>> [snip] >>>>>  I wou

Re: [whatwg] Google's use of FFmpeg in Chromium and Chrome

2009-06-06 Thread Daniel Berlin
On Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 4:35 PM, Håkon Wium Lie wrote: > Also sprach Daniel Berlin: > >  > >>> "For example, if a patent license would not permit royalty-free >  > >>> redistribution of the Library by all those who receive copies directly >  > >&

Re: [whatwg] Google's use of FFmpeg in Chromium and Chrome

2009-06-06 Thread Daniel Berlin
On Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 5:00 PM, King InuYasha wrote: > On Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 3:47 PM, Daniel Berlin wrote: >> >> On Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 4:35 PM, Håkon Wium Lie wrote: >> > Also sprach Daniel Berlin: >> > >> >  > >>> "For

Re: [whatwg] Google's use of FFmpeg in Chromium and Chrome

2009-06-06 Thread Daniel Berlin
On Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 7:52 PM, Håkon Wium Lie wrote: > This if statement seems to be true, and I therefore still don't > understand your reasoning. I've explained my position and reasoning, and we are going to have to agree to disagree, because it's clear neither of us are going to accept the ot

Re: [whatwg] Google's use of FFmpeg in Chromium and Chrome

2009-06-06 Thread Daniel Berlin
On Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 8:50 PM, Daniel Berlin wrote: > On Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 7:52 PM, Håkon Wium Lie wrote: > >> This if statement seems to be true, and I therefore still don't >> understand your reasoning. > > I've explained my position and reasoning, and

Re: [whatwg] Google's use of FFmpeg in Chromium and Chrome

2009-06-07 Thread Daniel Berlin
You guys would probably be less confused if you actually stuck to the terms of the license instead of trying to parse the examples :) In any case, I doubt its worth asking the fsf, since at least in the US, only the ffmpeg folks would have standing to enforce, so its their view that really matters.