[MPlayer-dev-eng] FFII software patent demo, politics, KiSS

[Alex Beregszaszi]

Hi,

> Maybe it's ok to have patent warning messages... But if we do, they
> need to be there for ALL codecs, including Theora. I'm really sick of
> the "Theora is patent-free" propaganda. It's simply not true. Theora
> uses all the same algorithms from MPEG, all of which are patented. I
> expect the same is true for Vorbis.
Agree, and btw theora just sucks, as it mixes VQ with DCT and that way
VQ loses it's good points

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