Re:MPEG-2 Patents Have Expired
by shawnz on Wednesday February 14, 2018 @06:32PM
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> Since most algorithms are more or less pure math, there’s mostly only one way to do things efficiently.
If that were true, there'd be no competition in the codec space. Besides, why can't the same argument be applied to machinery? There's "mostly only one way" to poke a thread through a sheet of fabric, so why should the sewing machine be patentable?
If that were true, there'd be no competition in the codec space. Besides, why can't the same argument be applied to machinery? There's "mostly only one way" to poke a thread through a sheet of fabric, so why should the sewing machine be patentable?