Re: [rtcweb] H.261

Ron <ron@debian.org> Wed, 27 November 2013 22:04 UTC

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From: Ron <ron@debian.org>
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References: <528FBC43.5000409@librevideo.org> <9783CBA7-FCF4-4241-8A04-F8DBBA409032@cisco.com> <529569C1.5010909@bbs.darktech.org> <CEBABA4F.AAF51%stewe@stewe.org> <5295828A.4050506@bbs.darktech.org> <C4FA6213-1216-482F-A682-6584DEA7C3D1@cisco.com> <52963FB9.7020002@bbs.darktech.org> <CABcZeBMiMebJ_80LxGv9awyPK=fNhq27pZKBXVnLAPswDJLHzA@mail.gmail.com> <5296589D.9070009@bbs.darktech.org> <CABcZeBO8uFiwBxr0cokRaWtb4YR97B-=mgqHd8NvgpcHiSiF-A@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 12:42:25PM -0800, Eric Rescorla wrote:
> 
> On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 12:39 PM, cowwoc <cowwoc@bbs.darktech.org> wrote:
> > Either you misunderstood my question or I am misunderstanding your answer.
> > I'm asking what prevents us from bundling Cisco's binary as part of our
> > installer or image?
> 
> What makes it a Cisco product is that it comes from Cisco, not that you
> make a bunch of copies and send it to people.

So, if I buy a video camera with H.264 support from some local store,
are you saying that it's the retailer responsible for purchasing the
licence?  Or maybe it's the sweat-shop fabricator that's responsible
for this?  Who did my camera "come from" in this case?

And are you by extension saying that I'm responsible for a 'unit'
every time that Cisco binary is copied from disk storage to RAM?
What if the disk it's on is in a NAS?

Juries in Texas are going to love this.

  Ron