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Re: [rtcweb] x264 vs OpenH264 (Was: On the topic of MTI video codecs)

Martin Thomson <martin.thomson@gmail.com> Fri, 01 November 2013 17:08 UTC

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Subject: Re: [rtcweb] x264 vs OpenH264 (Was: On the topic of MTI video codecs)
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On 1 November 2013 10:03, Daniel-Constantin Mierla <miconda@gmail.com> wrote:
> So I, as user, I take Firefox from Mozilla site, then when I need to do
> webrtc, my browser will download (first time) and use the h264 plugin.
> Because I don't distribute further the two, I don't see any restriction from
> gpl here. That's my understanding.

I think that you should read the GPL again and maybe consult a lawyer.
 It is my understanding that this would expose the browser to the GPL
copyleft terms.

p.s., why is my spell checker OK with the non-word "copyleft", but not
OK with the acronym "GPL" ...

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