Je viens de recevoir une réponse de Sigma à un mail de protestation que j'ai envoyé la semaine dernière. Je ne vous mets pas ma lettre, mon anglais est ridicule :), mais il semble qu'ils aient compris le principal. En gros je leur disais que l'équipe de xvid arrêtait son boulot à cause d'eux, que leur pillage était une honte, qu'ils devaient mettre leur code sous GPL (avec un lien sur la licence) et qu'on les emmenerait devant les juges si il fallait. Voici donc la réponse que j'ai reçu :
Contacts:
Ken Lowe Stephanie Porter
Sigma Designs, Inc. Edelman PR Worldwide
408.957.9850 650.968.4033
kal@sdesigns.com stephanie.porter@edelman.com
SIGMA MAKES SOURCE CODE AVAILABLE FOR ITS MPEG-4 VIDEO CODEC
MILPITAS, Calif.-August 22, 2002-Sigma Designs, Inc. (Nasdaq: SIGM), a
leader in IP video streaming solutions, today announced the release of the
source code behind its free MPEG-4 video CODEC that works as a plug-in under
Windows® and encodes digitized video content into fully compatible ISO
MPEG-4 video files. The complete source code will be available for download
starting August 23rd, free of charge, through Sigma's website
(www.sigmadesigns.com) to support developers wishing to enhance the MPEG-4
encoding.
"We are pleased to provide the development community with an open source
MPEG-4 CODEC, and anticipate that this will accelerate technical
improvements and enhance the proliferation of MPEG-4 content," stated Ken
Lowe, Sigma Designs' vice president of business development.
About Sigma Designs, Inc.
Sigma Designs specializes in silicon-based MPEG decoding for streaming
video, progressive DVD playback, and advanced digital set-top boxes. The
company's award-winning REALmagic® Video Streaming Technology is used in
both commercial and consumer applications providing highly integrated
solutions for high-quality decoding of MPEG-1, MPEG-2, and MPEG-4.
Headquartered in Milpitas, Calif., the company also has sales offices in
China, Europe, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea and Taiwan. For more information,
please visit the company's web site at www.sigmadesigns.com/.
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# Réponse de Sigma
Posté par Guillaume Morin . En réponse à la dépêche Sigma « donne » le code de son codec sous gpl. Évalué à 0.
Contacts:
Ken Lowe Stephanie Porter
Sigma Designs, Inc. Edelman PR Worldwide
408.957.9850 650.968.4033
kal@sdesigns.com stephanie.porter@edelman.com
SIGMA MAKES SOURCE CODE AVAILABLE FOR ITS MPEG-4 VIDEO CODEC
MILPITAS, Calif.-August 22, 2002-Sigma Designs, Inc. (Nasdaq: SIGM), a
leader in IP video streaming solutions, today announced the release of the
source code behind its free MPEG-4 video CODEC that works as a plug-in under
Windows® and encodes digitized video content into fully compatible ISO
MPEG-4 video files. The complete source code will be available for download
starting August 23rd, free of charge, through Sigma's website
(www.sigmadesigns.com) to support developers wishing to enhance the MPEG-4
encoding.
"We are pleased to provide the development community with an open source
MPEG-4 CODEC, and anticipate that this will accelerate technical
improvements and enhance the proliferation of MPEG-4 content," stated Ken
Lowe, Sigma Designs' vice president of business development.
About Sigma Designs, Inc.
Sigma Designs specializes in silicon-based MPEG decoding for streaming
video, progressive DVD playback, and advanced digital set-top boxes. The
company's award-winning REALmagic® Video Streaming Technology is used in
both commercial and consumer applications providing highly integrated
solutions for high-quality decoding of MPEG-1, MPEG-2, and MPEG-4.
Headquartered in Milpitas, Calif., the company also has sales offices in
China, Europe, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea and Taiwan. For more information,
please visit the company's web site at www.sigmadesigns.com/.
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