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Authored by: mcinsand on Wednesday, May 29 2013 @ 05:02 PM EDT |
>>...it's good to be precise and careful.
A nitpick, but, accuracy in news is far more important than precision.
Precision is a measure of consistency and repeatibility, rather than being on
target. A pitcher that throws balls consistently within a 6" diameter
circle but 4 yards to the right of the plate is very precise but not accurate.
When it comes to reporting tech stories, we can use Herr Müller as a great
example of high precision and low accuracy ;)
Regards,
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Authored by: lnuss on Wednesday, May 29 2013 @ 05:03 PM EDT |
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- Yet Another Software Patent Lawsuit - Authored by: SpaceLifeForm on Wednesday, May 29 2013 @ 06:13 PM EDT
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Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, May 29 2013 @ 10:46 PM EDT |
Nice one Google.
They certainly gained respect in my estimation...[ Reply to This | # ]
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Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, May 30 2013 @ 08:32 AM EDT |
It has been suggested that the proposed license is incompatible with
Open Source Initiative's Open Source Definition and the Free Software
Foundation's Free Software Definition, the documents that define which terms are
appropriate in free and open source copyright licenses.
The Free
Software Definition does not limit itself to copyright licensing issues. It
recognizes that other criteria exist which can impact whether a program should
be recognized as free software. Licenses based upon contracts and on trademarks
are explicitly called out on the FSF's What is Free Software
webpage as means of potentially restricting software freedom. Patent licensing,
while not addressed directly on that page, can likewise be a
factor.
The Open Source Definition directly speaks only of licensing,
but does not actually qualify that "the license" should only be for copyrights.
Based upon Simon Phipps' commentary (he is President of the Open Source
Initiative), it would seem patent licensing should also be considered as
criteria for satisfying the OSD.
Given that, the question that should
be raised is not whether the VP8 Cross License is "compatible" with copyright
licenses that satisfy the FSD or OSD, but whether the Cross License itself
satisfies those Definitions. More importantly, if it does not satisfy the
criteria for being Free and Open Source, examination of its deficiencies can
provide insight into the current state of things and how we should move
forward.
The Software Freedom Law Center's goal of protecting Free
Software projects and developers from patent lawsuits is commendable, however,
it is also important to recognize when freedoms are being sacrificed in order to
gain that security. Webm may be an improvement over MPEG formats in this regard;
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Authored by: rsteinmetz70112 on Thursday, May 30 2013 @ 09:00 AM EDT |
Has the FSF made any comment on this statement? I've looked around the web and
don't see anything. If there were a reaction I would think it would show up
pretty quickly.
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Authored by: Ian Al on Thursday, May 30 2013 @ 11:52 AM EDT |
I've only given it a short think, but I thunk I get what the compromise is with
regards to free and open. Mind you, I have run 'free-standing third-party'
through the noddle quite a few times and the significance still eludes me.
The free and open thing is that you should be able to use the code in any way
you like for other things. The compromise is that the licence only allows you to
use the majik patent beans to grow a VP8.
If you wanted to grow another codec entirely (Actually, I think it is just dec)
then you would infringe MPEG LA's fabulous inventions.
Since the target for Google is a free and open VP8 which is still compatible
with FOSS then the loss of the freedom to use the parts for some other software
is fair exchange for the freedom of VP8.
Of course, Google are about to produce VP9... Oh well.
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Software Patents: It's the disclosed functions in the patent, stupid![ Reply to This | # ]
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Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, May 30 2013 @ 01:07 PM EDT |
I normally wouldn't comment about FOSS Patents since I know it is pure
propaganda for Mr. Meuller's monetary masters but his latest leap of
"logic" still leaves me flabbergasted:
He considers the Software Freedom Law Center comments regarding Google's Draft
VP8 cross license being compatible with FOSS licensing "a ringing
endorsement of Microsoft's patent license agreements with Android and Linux
device makers".
Apparently there's no difference between a 100% free license that can be granted
retroactively and a forced license that drains millions of dollars from
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- Herr Meuller - Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, May 30 2013 @ 02:18 PM EDT
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Authored by: luvr on Thursday, May 30 2013 @ 03:06 PM EDT |
“Without this license, the patent holders would be in a
position to threaten those users and developers as well as
others.”
Surely, this license won't stop the patent
holders to threaten whoever they want, whenever they want? Their chances
of successfully threatening anyone will surely have diminished
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