[oclug] Fwd: [edlug] Rather Depressing

[Rod Giffin]

> http://ffmpeg.sourceforge.net/
>
> "FFmpeg is seriously threatened by software patents due to the numerous
> patented techniques it implements. Also threatened are the many programs
> built upon FFmpeg, like the free software multimedia players MPlayer,
> xine, VLC, avifile, gstreamer"

It's too bad they don't include any method (or request) for programmers to
help them work around the patents they're threatened by as well.

Rod.