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IMO the real issues caused by patent encumbered formats is that what is patented is not the software itself, but the format. So instead of patenting a specific
by MobiusHorizons 4y ago
IMO the real issues caused by patent encumbered formats is that what is patented is not the software itself, but the format. So instead of patenting a specific implementation of an encoder or a decoder, what is patented here is the relationship between the bits on disk and the pixels on the screen. I think that's what the quoted text is trying to get at.
- ummonk 4y agoFormats aren’t patentable as such. The issue is that there is really only ever one procedure for decoding a complex format, and many of the steps / building blocks that go into that procedure might be patented by various entities.