H.264 is open to a degree, but its patent encumbrance makes it less than fully open, in particular because it's incompatible with software freedom in jurisdictions where software patents apply.
His body is a testament to its rigors: long and arachnid, skin taut over bone, head shaved to shed its last encumbrance.
The crane had been designed and built by the authorities, who had decided to cleanse the sky of its inelegant encumbrance.
Evoking the "immense sentimental value" of the diamond to Pakistan, Mr Bhutto continued: "Its return to Pakistan would be a convincing demonstration of the spirit that moved Britain voluntarily to shed its imperial encumbrances and lead the process of decolonisation".
It will be free of one legal encumbrance as it pursues its seemingly limitless spread of ventures.
The posh ones, namely Mr Cameron and Mr Osborne, are in one sense the most old-fashioned kind of Tories: men interested above all in power, and aware that ideology can be an encumbrance in its pursuit.
The greatest obstacle to this state of perfection is, of course, the poor, whose demands upon the state have always been seen as an encumbrance to its sublime mechanism.
My generation got its inheritance free of encumbrance; my children are starting their careers with a gigantic debt to pay off.
In addition, while using a Kinect can also require a wide berth, the Omni has its share of encumbrances during use, including a belt and shoes that require special soles.
