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Originally Posted by mandarinka
... So I'd say we should get a bit more mature on the freetard ...
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Yes, maturity is definitely required here.
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Originally Posted by mandarinka
Also, MPEG-LA royalties are sane and okay. It is the greedy companies that split off from MPEG-LA pool that went overboard and caused a SNAFU.
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MPEG is not the same as MPEG-LA (despite the confusing name), but it is MPEG policies (e.g. being patent-blind) that create the opportunity for both MPEG-LA and competing entities to stuff the proposals with their patents without any credible legal requirement to give access to the patents under sensible terms.
This has continually caused problems, e.g. the big drama when Apple held Quicktime 6 hostage until they dropped per-use royalties on AAC all the way up to the current HEVC nonsense (which again caused Apple remove any mention of HEVC from their iPhone page). You know it's gone too far when Apple, who generally have no big issue with patent encumbered formats, is calling you out.