en.swpat.org is a wiki. You can edit it. It may contain statements End Software Patents does not endorse.
May/June 2013: Help needed documenting events of May 2013
Sitemap • Countries • Why abolish software patents? • Studies • Case law • Patent office case law • Lawsuits
Campaigns to avoid certain patented ideas
From en.swpat.org
What this article documents is not a solution.
For information of the risks of putting too much work into these, see duds and non-solutions. See also: Abolition is the only solution.
This page will list examples of campaigns to avoid software ideas that bring patent problems.
Contents |
[edit] Mono
- http://mono-nono.com/ (See also: Mono)
- http://boycottnovell.com/?stories (See also: Novell-Microsoft patent deals)
[edit] GIF
- http://www.ifso.ie/documents/rms-2004-05-24.html#lzw Richard Stallman describes the difficulty of replacing GIF with technically superior, patent-free PNG format
- http://burnallgifs.org/archives/ - the old "Burn all GIFs!" campaign
[edit] Ogg Theora and WebM (encouraging their use)
In the field of audio-video software, the situation is so bad that rather than avoiding some danger areas, the whole field is in danger so we have to encourage the use of a small number of project specifically targeting freedom from patents.
The project with the best chance of success is WebM, based on the VP8 video format. Another project we support is Ogg Theora. There is one other option: H.261. H.261 was developed in 1988, so it is guaranteed to be patent free. However, due to the low quality of this old format, its use has almost no support. (See: Use software from 20 years ago)
- Open letter to Google: End the web's dependence on patent-encumber, February 2010, FSF
- Let’s Get Video on Wikipedia! - campaign launched by Open Video Alliance
[edit] Related pages on en.swpat.org
|
This wiki is part of the End Software Patents (ESP) campaign (donate). For more information, see: |
