monica_b1998@lemmy.world to Linux@programming.dev · 1 month agoA 25-year-old Brazilian video patent just expired, ending a lingering legal headache for Linuxwww.xda-developers.comexternal-linkmessage-square29linkfedilinkarrow-up1220arrow-down17
arrow-up1213arrow-down1external-linkA 25-year-old Brazilian video patent just expired, ending a lingering legal headache for Linuxwww.xda-developers.commonica_b1998@lemmy.world to Linux@programming.dev · 1 month agomessage-square29linkfedilink
minus-squarepicnic@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·1 month agoOhh siemens ag are the baddies? I just bought their stock. I wouldnt have, had I known about this.
minus-squareprofessor_prime@lemmychan.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoBuy stock in the companies you want to succeed, and short the ones you want to see fail.
minus-squarelambalicious@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoWe are on Lemmy, do we want any company to “succeed”?
minus-squareegregiousRac@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoAs a general rule, somebody is going to patent every aspect of these formats. They haven’t been demanding licensing fees from open projects, so they aren’t being baddies. The fact that they could kept a lot of projects from including direct support.
Ohh siemens ag are the baddies? I just bought their stock. I wouldnt have, had I known about this.
Buy stock in the companies you want to succeed, and short the ones you want to see fail.
We are on Lemmy, do we want any company to “succeed”?
As a general rule, somebody is going to patent every aspect of these formats. They haven’t been demanding licensing fees from open projects, so they aren’t being baddies. The fact that they could kept a lot of projects from including direct support.