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Canonical licenses H.264 – Theora out for the count? [Updated]

Canonical are currently the only Linux company to license H.264/AVC, the patented non-free technology used to compress video and favoured by companies such as Apple & Microsoft for HTML5 Video. Neither RedHat, makers of Fedora, or Novell, makers of Suse, appear on the list of over 800 licensee’s. What’s interesting is that the rival, if [...]

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