Re: [rtcweb] MTI Video Codec: a novel proposal

Ron <ron@debian.org> Mon, 10 November 2014 09:01 UTC

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Subject: Re: [rtcweb] MTI Video Codec: a novel proposal
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On Sun, Nov 09, 2014 at 10:00:30PM -1000, Bernard Aboba wrote:
> On Nov 9, 2014, at 6:00 PM, Ron <ron@debian.org> wrote:
> > 
> > What am I missing that would encourage different behaviour to that in this case?
> 
> [BA] The IETF professes no expertise in assessing legal risk, nor does
> it make any warranties or provide indemnification. As a result
> implementers need to make their own risk assessments based on legal
> counsel, independent of any IETF recommendations.

Yes, I believe that's more or less exactly what I said in the part of
my question that you snipped :)

If you agree with that part, then I assume you also don't see how the
"compelling evidence" clause could ever be triggered?

So maybe someone can explain what both you and I are missing here ...


> It is particularly telling that perhaps the most salient piece of
> new information is a draft summarizing legal proceedings.

I've heard it said that one of the most telling things about that
document is that some of the proceedings it mentions are *also*
being prosecuted against H.264, yet strangely it doesn't seem to
mention that at all ...

But I profess no expertise in assessing legal risk, so maybe the
experts who compiled that document can enlighten us on that too.
I assume it was not their intention to somehow mislead this group.

  Ron