[whatwg] Codecs (was Re: Apple Proposal for Timed Media Elements)

[Gareth Hay]

>
> I am not denying the need to examine the legal situation when  
> deciding on our attitude to the codec question. I am denying that  
> the situation is so unclear that a person of ordinary intelligence  
> (and we have many people smarter than that) cannot understand the  
> shape of it and make working decisions accordingly.
>

And I am suggesting without specialist help from those qualified in  
law, it is absolutely pointless for us to debate it, as there is *no*  
way to make an informed and accurate decision on the matter.
Intelligence doesn't enter into the argument, after all, if it did,  
we would all defer our legal queries to Steven Hawkin, so we have  
another non-sequitur.

Once again, I am leaving the thread, as we are getting nowhere, it's  
off topic, and a waste of both our respective time.