Re: [Fsfe-uk] BBC and the Dirac codec

[Paul Tansom]

** Nick <address@hidden> [2004-05-31 14:36]:
<snip>
> It is sad the BBC felt they need to patent ideas in Dirac to protect 
> Dirac from attack. The BBC has avoided ideas which may be covered by 
> other patents in the implementation of Dirac.
> 
> I understand from the developers the BBC's patents over Dirac are 
> licensed for use in free software implementations of Dirac through the MPL.
<snip>
** end quote [Nick]

Well being generous to the BBC (which in itself is a bit odd for me
given that I have been trying to get a response out of them to fix a
feature of their news site for 4 months plus now - right down to sending
them the fix) and being cynical towards the rest of the world - it is
probably to stop anyone else patenting the technology and restricting
its use, 'cause we all know how well managed the whole system is ;-)

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