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