[whatwg] The truth about Nokias claims

Charles lists07 at wiltgen.net
Thu Dec 13 16:46:58 PST 2007


Manual,

> Just because someone implemented it without permission does not
> guarantee that users or other implementors of the technology won't
> be driven to Chapter 11 by the patent owners, just as MP3 implementors
> were driven to the underground in the nineties and early 2000's.  

Nobody has ever been "driven to Chapter 11" or "driven underground" for implementing a standards-based encoder or decoder.

I don't believe that you don't understand the difference between "implementing" and "distributing", so I guess now you're just trolling.  Good luck.

-- Charles





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