Thor: another free video codec

Cisco, it seems, is unhappy with the patent mess around video codecs, so ithas launcheda project called "Thor" to make one that can be freely distributed."The effort is being staffed by some of the world's most foremostcodec experts, including the legendary Gisle Bjintegaard and ArildFuldseth, both of whom have been heavy contributors to prior videocodecs. We also hired patent lawyers and consultants familiar with thistechnology area. We created a new codec development process which wouldallow us to work through the long list of patents in this space, andcontinually evolve our codec to work around or avoid those patents."