Re: [rtcweb] VP8 vs H.264 - the core issue

[Monty Montgomery <[e-mail]>]

> I think it is premature to imply that VP8 is royalty free.

...and we can't be 100% sure vaccines don't cause autism.  Throw 'em all out!

Seriously, at this point, I've been hearing this exact IPR line for
twenty years as an excuse for not doing the right thing.  'They' were
going to come after Vorbis, 'they' were going to come after Theora,
'they' were going to come after Speex, 'they're' supposedly coming
after Opus, and now 'they're' coming after VP8.  I'm sure we'll repeat
it for VP9, VP10 and Daala.  Fool me once, shame on you.  Fool me
twice, shame on me.  Fool me indefinitely, you have a wonderful future
waiting in sales and marketing.

If you want to contend that using VP8 is riskier because it is going
against the traditional, established industry channels, that's a
defensible argument.  But that isn't about the IPR.   Someone who
wants to litigate rather than compete on merit is going to find a way
to litigate, IPR or no.  That is true of both the VP8 and MPEG
positions.  However, we should not make technical decisions based upon
identifying and standing with the most economically powerful external
faction.

Monty