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If Microsoft wants to send a video gift to Linux, how about dedicating all their video codec patents to the public domain? Or making Ogg the default media form
by thyrsus 15y ago
If Microsoft wants to send a video gift to Linux, how about dedicating all their video codec patents to the public domain? Or making Ogg the default media format?
- loup-vaillant 15y agoOne step at a time. If Microsoft goes Free Software all of a sudden it will hurt its short term revenues. Making ogg the default format sounds reasonable. Giving their video codec patents is not: they couldn't use them for defence. A global, written promise for not suing anyone for patent infringement unless they sue Microsoft for patent infringement sound much more feasible.