X-Git-Url: http://pere.pagekite.me/gitweb/homepage.git/blobdiff_plain/2a4d4ba4e30cbcc6595487be8f5d6ef972c12c3d..5a21b31fbaf9c7d7c6c8b01f8f09477a7e5f9e31:/blog/data/2010-12-25-ogg-theora.txt diff --git a/blog/data/2010-12-25-ogg-theora.txt b/blog/data/2010-12-25-ogg-theora.txt index 0a048bc166..39fdd304f8 100644 --- a/blog/data/2010-12-25-ogg-theora.txt +++ b/blog/data/2010-12-25-ogg-theora.txt @@ -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 +Date: 2010-12-25 20:25
The Digistan definition of a free and open standard reads like this:
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ controlled by a single vendor, it isn't, but I have not found any documentation indicating this.According to
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All these terms seem to allow unlimited distribution and use, an -this term seem to be fulfilled.
+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.Royalty-free?
@@ -135,7 +138,7 @@ 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. +than any real problem with Ogg Theora.No constraints on re-use?
@@ -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. + +It would be nice to see other analysis of other specifications to +see if they are free and open standards.