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Props to Steve to actually answer to this open letter, but i think he could have put a little more effort into it, sounds like he has no confidence in open sour
by madmaze 16y ago
Props to Steve to actually answer to this open letter, but i think he could have put a little more effort into it, sounds like he has no confidence in open source. I wish apple would be a little more involved in open source.
- pgbovine 16y agoI wish apple would be a little more involved in open source. hopefully they keep the LLVM team well-funded and give them good freedoms.
- ghurlman 16y agoHe did put effort into it - there's a full paragraph there, Steve's emails rarely go beyond a sentence fragment; rightly so, as I doubt he has the time to research and write out a fully-formed response.
- illumin8 16y agoI think Steve has plenty of confidence in open source. He's just a realist and understands that current software patent law doesn't really allow for completely open video codecs. Even if you create an open implementation of them, you're going to be subject to patent lawsuits, and as we know, most open source projects don't have the funding to withstand the legal battles.