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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Title: Is Ogg Theora a free and open standard?
-Tags: english, standard, video
-Date: 2010-12-25 20:20
+Tags: english, standard, video, digistan, h264
+Date: 2010-12-25 20:25
 
 <p><a href="http://www.digistan.org/open-standard:definition">The
 Digistan definition</a> of a free and open standard reads like this:</p>
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ controlled by a single vendor, it isn't, but I have not found any
 documentation indicating this.</p>
 
 <p>According to
-<ahref="http://media.hiof.no/diverse/fad/rapport_4.pdf">a report</a>
+<a href="http://media.hiof.no/diverse/fad/rapport_4.pdf">a report</a>
 prepared by Audun Vaaler og Børre Ludvigsen for the Norwegian
 government, the Xiph foundation is a non-commercial organisation and
 the development process is open, transparent and non-Discrimatory.
@@ -120,7 +120,10 @@ revoked by the Internet Society or its successors or assigns.</p>
 </blockquote>
 
 <p>All these terms seem to allow unlimited distribution and use, an
-this term seem to be fulfilled.</p>
+this term seem to be fulfilled.  There might be a problem with the
+missing permission to distribute modified versions of the text, and
+thus reuse it in other specifications.  Not quite sure if that is a
+requirement for the Digistan definition.</p>
 
 <p><strong>Royalty-free?</strong></p>
 
@@ -129,13 +132,13 @@ Theora format.
 <a href="http://www.streamingmedia.com/Articles/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=65782">MPEG-LA</a>
 and
 <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/04/30/237238/Steve-Jobs-Hints-At-Theora-Lawsuit">Steve
-Jobs</a> in Apple claim to know about some patent claims against the
-Theora format, but no-one else seem to believe them.  Both Opera
-Software and the Mozilla Foundation have looked into this and decided
-to implement Ogg Theora support in their browsers without paying any
-royalties.  For now the claims from MPEG-LA and Steve Jobs seem more
-like FUD to scare people to use the H.264 codec than any real problem
-with Ogg Theora.
+Jobs</a> in Apple claim to know about some patent claims (submarine
+patents) against the Theora format, but no-one else seem to believe
+them.  Both Opera Software and the Mozilla Foundation have looked into
+this and decided to implement Ogg Theora support in their browsers
+without paying any royalties.  For now the claims from MPEG-LA and
+Steve Jobs seem more like FUD to scare people to use the H.264 codec
+than any real problem with Ogg Theora.</p>
 
 <p><strong>No constraints on re-use?</strong></p>
 
@@ -149,3 +152,6 @@ background report used by the Norwegian government, I believe it is
 safe to assume the last two requirements are fulfilled too, but it
 would be nice if the Xiph foundation web site made it easier to verify
 this.</p>
+
+<p>It would be nice to see other analysis of other specifications to
+see if they are free and open standards.</p>