These aren't patent trolls but companies who have been involved in codec design for decades and will be involved in ones in the future e.g. NTT, Dolby, Toshiba.
> So please stop spreading baseless FUD.
No one is spreading FUD. You have outlined a worthless termination clause given that it only applies to those who are interested in implementing the codec. That offers zero protection against third party claims like an indemnification would.
Anyone spamming patents and going after independent reinventors is being a parasite. It doesn't matter how much legitimate research they also do. No tempering is needed.
Normally I would agree with you, but not in this case. Software patents need to die, and anyone who tries to extract rent through them *is* a parasite. Especially if they employ mafia-like tactics like those patent pools. Oh, quite a nice codec you have there; it'd be a shame if anything happened to it.
Nowadays you can't even fart without infringing someone else's patent. So, sorry, but I'm not going to apologize for calling them parasites. This is one of very few strong opinions I have, and is a hill I'll gladly die on.
I think it's worth tempering the language here.
These aren't patent trolls but companies who have been involved in codec design for decades and will be involved in ones in the future e.g. NTT, Dolby, Toshiba.
> So please stop spreading baseless FUD.
No one is spreading FUD. You have outlined a worthless termination clause given that it only applies to those who are interested in implementing the codec. That offers zero protection against third party claims like an indemnification would.