Re: reverse engineering thousands of colors mode?

• To: "Darren Fulton" <djfulton@oznet07.ozemail.com.au>, <quickcam-drivers@crynwr.com>
• Subject: Re: reverse engineering thousands of colors mode?
• From: "Hanno Mueller" <hmueller@mail.kabel.de>
• Date: Wed, 18 Jun 1997 15:17:19 +0200
• Delivered-To: quickcam-drivers@crynwr.com

This subject popped up on the mailing list every now and then, but yet no
"task force" has formed who would start coding.

> Would there be a problem (legally) distributing source code containing
> this information? 

The VIDEC compression used in 1000s of colours mode is patented (or patent
pending, I don't know exactly). As far as I know - yes, there IS a legal
problem.

However, I am preparing a "free VIDEC campaign" (sounds big, but will just
be a campaign to collect support signatures from everyone who cares). I am
trying to convince Connectix that there are a lot of developers out there
who want the 1000s of colours mode in third party software.

Wait for details on this mailing list. I'll keep you posted.


Greetings,

Hanno

• Re: reverse engineering thousands of colors mode?
• From: Russell Nelson <nelson@crynwr.com>

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