Monday, May 03, 2010

Jobs: Patent Pool Being Assembled To Go After Theora

Jobs: Patent Pool Being Assembled To Go After Theora: "Well, this certainly explains a whole lot. Both Apple and Microsoft have stated that the legality of Theora is highly debatable, and as it turns out, they knew more than we do - most likely courtesy of their close involvement with the MPEG-LA. Responding to an email from Free Software Foundation Europe activist Hugo Roy, Steve Jobs has stated that a patent pool is being assembled to go after Theora."