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Reading up on RDP as it's something I do not utilize, I wondered just how encumbered RDP is compared to Spice and VNC. Wonder how third-party server and clients are handling the patent-encumbered protocol.
Do third parties implement an older standard of the RDP protocol that isn't as encumbered?
there it is. good info to dig, up well done! shame we had to scroll so far in the thread to find these actual proper, highly relevant details.
well, everyone has to pick their battles, and perhaps RHEL just couldn't fight this one out.
but imo i'd much rather see VNC get some upgrades under RHEL than continue the ever increasing microsoft-ization of linux
@jrgd @potentiallynotfelix It is simply less capable than Spice, no support for accelerated 3D graphics.
Wikipedia says "As of February 2014, the extent to which open-source clients meet this requirement remains unknown."
That's old but may still be the case. However, I'd imagine if RHEL wanted to comply with mpeg's h246 patents, they will do the same for rdp.