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1 Please see the file COPYING for the copyright license for this software. |
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3 In addition to and irrespective of the copyright license associated |
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4 with this software, On2 Technologies, Inc. makes the following statement |
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5 regarding technology used in this software: |
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7 On2 represents and warrants that it shall not assert any rights |
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8 relating to infringement of On2's registered patents, nor initiate |
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9 any litigation asserting such rights, against any person who, or |
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10 entity which utilizes the On2 VP3 Codec Software, including any |
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11 use, distribution, and sale of said Software; which make changes, |
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12 modifications, and improvements in said Software; and to use, |
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13 distribute, and sell said changes as well as applications for other |
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14 fields of use. |
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16 This reference implementation is originally derived from the On2 VP3 |
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17 Codec Software, and the Theora video format is essentially compatible |
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18 with the VP3 video format, consisting of a backward-compatible superset. |