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| Newer page: | version 15 | Last edited on Thursday, July 28, 2005 11:33:27 pm | by ToOts | Revert |
| Older page: | version 14 | Last edited on Thursday, June 16, 2005 3:48:56 pm | by IanMcDonald | Revert |
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-- That is not totally correct. Web camera decompression is being done in kernel but the biggest obstacle has been (and why it keeps coming out of kernel) is that code was not clean room. Also note about patents is not correct - you can still be prosecuted as an individual - less likely but you still can. Having seen John's comment below it confirms my memory that the problem was people stealing code from Philips and not [JPEG] being the issue. IanMcDonald
-- [JPEG] is not a patent-encumbered format, [AFAIK]. JohnMcPherson
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+-- [JPEG] itself may not be patented - it is a rather common mathematical compression BTW, but the file format that uses that compression, the [JFIFF] is patented [AFAIK]. Romain Beauxis
