28 Sep
2022
28 Sep
'22
1:06 a.m.
On Wed, Sep 28, 2022 at 5:34 AM Michael Cronenworth mike@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.
Dave.