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Do royalty free patents stop something from being free software? That would be surprising. Opus' patents have patent retaliation clauses. It would be funny if
by rockdoe 11y ago
Do royalty free patents stop something from being free software? That would be surprising.
Opus' patents have patent retaliation clauses. It would be funny if those were incompatible with the GPL, because the GPL is essentially a "copyright retaliation" license.
- derf_ 11y agoWe ran the Opus license terms by the FSF before publishing them, and they confirmed that the terms were compatible with the GPL (v3 or otherwise).
- dogma1138 11y agoWasn't there an issue with a couple of companies filing IPR's with royalties that cover parts of Opus?
- derf_ 11y agoPlease see the "Other disclosures" section on https://www.opus-codec.org/license/ https://www.opus-codec.org/license/ You may also be interested in https://hacks.mozilla.org/2013/02/defending-opus/ https://hacks.mozilla.org/2013/02/defending-opus/ (warning: contains discussion of specific, unexpired patents).