Fwd: Dailymotion for XO laptop

[Jake Beard]

Here's a Java player that plays Theora+Vorbis and can be embedded in an
applet:
http://www.flumotion.net/cortado/
http://www.unix-ag.uni-kl.de/~fischer/blog/20071230_Ogg_Theora_Applet_instead_of_Flash/

Hopefully, later this year we'll see a completely open Java, and then see
Java on the XO.
Flash is terrible. If it were possible, I'd prefer to see an all-Java
solution.
Just my .02

Jake

On Jan 9, 2008 10:16 AM, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky <znmeb at cesmail.net> wrote:

> tridge at samba.org wrote:
>
> > The other option is to write implementations of the codecs that avoid
> > the patents. Whether that is possible depends on the exact wording of
> > the patent, and sometimes it takes a few weeks working with a good
> > patent attorney to work out exactly what the patent really
> > says. Sometimes it just isn't possible.
> >
> > We really need a open project to do patent analysis of this kind and
> > determine which of these key patents (not just codecs, but also other
> > important blocking patents) can be avoided, and which ones are too
> > tied to the format to avoid. Perhaps the OLPC project would provide a
> > good bit of motivation for people to do this type of work?
>
> 1. There are two kinds of "good patent attorneys". One kind works "pro
> bono" for free software and the other gets paid big bucks by patent
> holders. It's not just a question of quality or attorney or length of
> time spent. It's a question of two competing sides of a specific and
> very detailed technical and legal argument being thrashed out in the
> press and in the courts. If you head to the Groklaw web site, you can
> see this sort of thing (from the free software side). This process does
> not take a few weeks but *decades*.
>
> 2. I personally don't think the OLPC project has the bandwidth or the
> energy to get involved in such a struggle. As the recent events between
> OLPC and Intel have showed, when you wrestle with a pig, both of you get
> mud all over but only the pig enjoys it. :)
>
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