"I closed MPEG on 2 Jun '20 when I left because obscure forces had hijacked it."

Re:"I closed MPEG on 2 Jun '20 when I left because obscure f... by mike_hearn on Thursday August 07, 2025 @07:45AM (#44823242)

Universities love patent licensing. I don't think academia is the solution you're looking for.

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Re:"I closed MPEG on 2 Jun '20 when I left because obscure f... by yxhuvud on Thursday August 07, 2025 @07:57AM (#44823329)

The solution to that is to remove the ability to patent codecs.

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Re:"I closed MPEG on 2 Jun '20 when I left because obscure f... by master-lincoln on Thursday August 07, 2025 @09:35AM (#44824274)

I think we should go a step further and remove the ability to patent algorithms (software)

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Re:"I closed MPEG on 2 Jun '20 when I left because obscure f... by immibis on Thursday August 07, 2025 @11:02AM (#44825409)

Some people even think we should remove intellectual property.

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Re:"I closed MPEG on 2 Jun '20 when I left because obscure f... by newsclues on Thursday August 07, 2025 @09:29AM (#44824228)

So do companies.

But education receives a lot of funding from the government.

I think academia should build open source technology (that people can commercialize on their own with the expertise).

Higher education doesn’t need to have massive endowments of real estate and patent portfolio to further educ… administration salaries and vanity building projects.

Academia can serve the world with technology and educated minds.

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