Re: Fwd: VP8
Denver Gingerich <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.multimedia.ogg.theora.general |
|---|---|
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
On Sun, May 23, 2010 at 8:12 AM, Richard Watts <[email protected]> wrote: > Obviously, I'd rather hope that google's due diligence was good > enough that there were no essential patents required for VP8 per se - > there obviously will be for VP8's use with things like MPEG-2 > systems - but if it wasn't, I'd much rather have the MPEG-LA's > non-discriminatory and generally reasonably priced and accessible > terms than (e.g.) the audio codec peoples' multi-dollar per device > royalties and 'we'll licence only if you refuse to play any other > format' terms. Do you have a reference for this statement about audio codec licensing terms? I'd be interested to learn more about it. Denver http://ossguy.com/