Re: Might Be An Interesting Read

"This why I think FCS was killed so suddenly. I suspect a long transition was not viable given certain licenses/IP, etc."

Which might make sense except for the fact that, under duress, they put Legacy back on the market. As far as I know they are still selling it thru some channels. If the licensing issues were so problematic in June, how did they resolve them by August? And is they could resolve them by August, what stopped them from resolving it by June?

Questions, questions...


"[Bill Davis] "I don't know what IP issues were buried in FCP-Legacy. But it would be silly to expect that there weren't some. So the "blank page" beginning makes HUGE sense if you want to go forward with a product that is clear of as much IP baggage as is possible."

I absolutely think this was a driving force in Apple's decision. They dumped all outside code. It may even relate to some of the changes in naming conventions."

Writing your own code from scratch does not in any way inure you to the threat of IP violations. It is the concept that is often at issue not the actual code. Picons in a browser, film strips in a browser, there are a lot of lawyers willing, for a fee, to prove that their is no difference, both are a visual representation of a clip ... blah blah blah.

Herb Sevush
Zebra Productions
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