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Re:New Solution Can Cut Video File Size By Half – Without Lo... by Tuna-Fish on Tuesday February 26, 2013 @12:14PM (#5286882)
> (without credit)

Just to note, no credit is necessarily required. x264 is now dual-licensed under GPL2 + commercial license. If they bought a commercial license, there's nothing illegal or wrong in what they do.

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Re:New Solution Can Cut Video File Size By Half – Without Lo... by Daiz on Tuesday February 26, 2013 @12:20PM (#5286931)
>If they bought a commercial license, there's nothing illegal or wrong in what they do.

Looking into it, they seem to have actually done that. ICVT, the company behind Beamr, can be found on the list of x264 commercial adopters[1].

Doesn't change the fact that they're major Snake Oil Salesmen, though. Also, the claims on their technology page[2] are still incredibly dubious.

[1] http://x264licensing.com/adopters

[2] http://beamrvideo.com/main/technology

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Re:New Solution Can Cut Video File Size By Half – Without Lo... by kierank on Wednesday February 27, 2013 @08:08AM (#5292118)
There would be nothing wrong apart from claiming technology as their own if they did this under the GPL2+ as well.
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