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Originally posted by deanjo View PostUbuntu is not US based.
Canonical Ltd.[7] is a private company founded (and funded) by South African entrepreneur Mark Shuttleworth to market commercial support and related services for Ubuntu Linux and related projects. Canonical is registered in London and employs staff around the world. Its main offices are in London, its support office in Montreal, and its OEM team in Lexington, Massachusetts, USA and Taipei, Taiwan.[8]
On top of that, they target distribution within the US.
Sounds like USA law probably has a whole lot of meaning to them.
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Originally posted by droidhacker View PostFrom Wikipedia (you may contest if you feel like being a douchebag, but I think you'll find sufficient alternative references to back it up in this case):
So... OEM team in Lexington, Massachusetts....
On top of that, they target distribution within the US.
Sounds like USA law probably has a whole lot of meaning to them.
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Originally posted by deanjo View PostSo by your logic Redhat must be a European distro because they have divisions in Europe as well.
Dave.
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Originally posted by droidhacker View PostNeat thing about the HARDWARE decoder is that it satisfies all the h264 licensing requirements -- you'll *never* get h264 decoding out of the box on any US based Linux distro *except* for licensed hardware decoding. That means that Redhat and Ubuntu WILL NEVER SHIP shader based h264 acceleration, but... Redhat *already does* ship crystalhd support (with Fedora). In other words, the only part missing from a bone stock Fedora install for h264 playback, is AUDIO DECODING, but that will come with your media player/center anyway.
Why is this different?
For those who think that the AMD UVD is just a wrapper around shader based decoding.... sorry, no it is not.
UVD is a hardware block. But Catalyst does do some of the decoding using shaders, on some hardware which does not have the UVD block.
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Originally posted by airlied View PostIt all matters where someone can sue you, Canonical can't do what they want since they have a US presence. The fact you understand nothing about corporate structures is probably a reason for you not to imply you do.
Dave.
Company Overview Canonical Ltd. engages in the development, distribution, and support of open source software products and communities. The company offers Ubuntu, a community developed operating system for laptops, desktops, and servers; and Ubuntu Advantage that combines systems management tools, technical support, access to online resources, training, and legal assurance. Its services include custom engineering, hardware certification, support, training, and application packaging. The company also provides wearables, accessories, CDs and DVDs, software solutions, training products, and support services through its online store. Canonical Ltd. was formerly known as Canonical IT Solutions Limited and changed its name to Canonical Ltd. in November 2007. The company was founded in 2004 and is based in the United Kingdom.
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Originally posted by pingufunkybeat View PostCorrect me if I'm wrong, but isn't the same thing also the case with mp3, mpeg2, and h264 playback in software (such as ffmpeg)? Many distros do not ship codecs for any of this, and everybody gets them after installation.
Why is this different?
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Originally posted by pingufunkybeat View PostNobody said that.
UVD is a hardware block. But Catalyst does do some of the decoding using shaders, on some hardware which does not have the UVD block.
But as a matter of fact, though the decoding is done on the UVD, there is still post processing done with shaders.
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