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Originally Posted by benwaggoner
Also, while I've heard plenty of assertions that Theora is patent free, I've not actually heard anyone who's an expert on video patent IP validate those assertions.
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I'd personally say Theora is worse-off patent-wise than H.264.
H.264 is the the devil we know. We know exactly what patents cover it because all the companies involved were required to submit their IP as part of the process. There aren't any surprises.
Theora is the devil we don't know. Nobody has any idea what patents it covers. Nobody has done a real analysis. All we have is Xiph's word that it doesn't violate anything, which is pretty much meaningless.