[Red5] RTMP is patented by Adobe?

[Mondain]

works for me.. as an engineer, i love saying that..

On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 3:23 PM, hank williams <hank777 at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 6:20 PM, Steven Gong <steven.gong at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 6:21 AM, Chris Allen <mrchrisallen at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
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> > > I would recommend reading Hank William's blog post on the subject:
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> > > http://whydoeseverythingsuck.com/2008/03/adobe-patents-media-server-technology.html
> > >
> > Blog is not found?
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> Really? Is anyone else having this problem?
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> > Anyway, I think Hank's comment makes sense in terms of the patent impact
> > on us and I think we'd better put the conclusion of the patent impact to the
> > FUD page (currently it only contains statements about reverse-engineering
> > and I think patent should be a different story) to make us free of
> > uncertainty and doubt. What do you guys think?
> >
> > >
> > > Basically, no one can patent a protocol, just a system. In the case of
> > > this patent, the system also requires a Media Player, which Red5 does not
> > > have. We obviously are not interested in recreating the Flash player. I'm
> > > sure most would agree that doing so is way out of the scope of the project.
> > > ;-) Also, in terms of technology used, Red5 is quite different than FMS.
> > >
> > > I am of course interested in hearing other people's thoughts on this.
> > >
> > > -Chris
> > >
> > > On Mar 6, 2008, at 9:31 PM, Giovanni wrote:
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> > > If patented, then red5 and others will be hugely impacted. how could
> > > red5 be used without using the protocol?
> > > But that could be expected. Now with h264, why would adobe give away
> > > the farm for free?
> > >
> > > The question would be if it the protocol can be licensed. If it can be
> > > licensed, then the only path would be for the red5 team to obtain such
> > > license.
> > >
> > > No RTMP=NO FLASH CLIENT
> > >
> > >
> > > On Mar 6, 2008, at 6:08 PM, Steven Gong wrote:
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> > > Hi all,
> > > Take a look at this blog:
> > > http://www.flashcomguru.com/index.cfm/2008/3/6/rtmp-patent
> > >
> > > Don't know what impact will be on us... Any lawyer here for help?
> > >
> > > --
> > > Best Regards
> > > Steven Gong
> > >
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