Software patents and workarounds for them are, once again,
causing headaches for open-source projects and users. This time
around, Fedora users have been vulnerable to a serious flaw in the OpenH264 library for
months-not for want of a fix, but because of the Rube
Goldberg machine methodology of distributing the library to Fedora
users. The software is open source under a two-clause BSD license; the RPMs are built and
signed by Fedora, but the final product is distributed by Cisco, so
the company can pick up the tab for license fees. Unfortunately, a
breakdown in the process of handing RPMs to Cisco for distribution has
left Fedora users vulnerable, and inaction on Fedora's part has left
users unaware that they are at risk.
https://lwn.net/Articles/1023088/
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