[whatwg] The issue of interoperability of the <video> element

[Geoffrey Sneddon]

On 26 Jun 2007, at 00:57, Silvia Pfeiffer wrote:

>> So a company which owns a patent on a standard that can bought and
>> read at freedom is just as bad as a company which owns a patent on a
>> standard that has absolutely no public documentation?
>
> If you're talking about Ogg Theora, then you've got your facts wrong.
> First of all, Ogg Theora is not owned by a company.

"So a company [Apple] which owns a patent on a standard that can  
bought and read at freedom [MPEG4] is just as bad as a company  
[Microsoft] which owns a patent on a standard that has absolutely no  
public documentation [WMA/WMV]?"

- Geoffrey Sneddon