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· I certainly found it amusing to note that xvid is reverse of divx. I wonder if that's deliberate.
Yes, the name XviD is DivX spelled backward.
No one really knows why this name has been chosen. But some people may see in this backward spelling, the will to mark the ethical differences between the two projects.
DivX is proprietary software, with an opaque development cycle that follows only a commercial logic. XviD is Free Software (licensed under the GNU GPL), open to all contributions, its only aim is to stick to standard compliance.
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