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Are Apple’s Open Source Theora Claims Patent FUD?

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Sean Michael Kerner
May 4, 2010

“There has been a bit of hype in recent days about video codecs
and potential patent infringements. My colleague David Needle has
published a great story, about an alleged claim made by Apple CEO
Steve Jobs that the Theora open source video codec is at risk from
vendors that are assembling a patent pool against it.

“Is this all FUD? Or is there something that Theora users and
developers need to worry about?

“The answer is quite as clear cut as you might think. At least
one Theora developer isn’t worried (yet), based largely on the lack
of credible evidence so far.”


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