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I frequent the forums at Doom9.net for information about video capture and compression techniques. I'm about to attempt to start using XVID, an open-source MPEG-4 compliant video codec, so I've been reading up on it. When I went to the XVID homepage today, I noticed that they say they have proof that Sigma Designs has stolen their code for use in a video codec that Sigma Designs has released. I sent the news in to Slashdot and it was accepted and published. It's a sad day for open-source projects when companies steal openly available work and attempt to pass it off as their own. I hope the XVID team doesn't lose hope and is able to get SD to acknowledge their transgressions and the rightful authors of their codec. I encourage you to read the information available at the XVID team's homepage.
Update: According to this story, SD is going to release the source code for the project in question. That should answer some of the doubts.