On Wed, 28 Sep 2022 05:36:01 +1000
David Airlie <airlied(a)redhat.com> wrote:
On Wed, Sep 28, 2022 at 5:34 AM Michael Cronenworth
<mike(a)cchtml.com> wrote:
>
> On 9/27/22 1:56 PM, David Airlie wrote:
> > The patent licensing around H264/H265 is such that providing this
> > could leave Red Hat and other Fedora distributors exposed to legal
> > problems.
>
> How is Mesa violating H264/H265 patents? Mesa wasn't performing any patented
> functionality.
>
> If simply handling the bitstream is a violation like you say then glibc/kernel
could
> be patent infringing with an open() call. Let's not get that silly.
The implicit IANAL is very clear here.
the topic has already been opened on the legal list in
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/legal@lists.fedoraproject.o...
Dan