Re: [rtcweb] H.264 as MTI

[Ron <[e-mail]>]

On Sat, Jan 11, 2014 at 03:38:24PM +0100, Harald Alvestrand wrote:
> On 01/10/2014 08:10 PM, Matthew Kaufman (SKYPE) wrote:
> >
> > Unfortunately, you can substitute VP8 for H.264 and tweak only a
> > little of the language used in the below and have it also be true.
> >
> >
> > This being said, if [H.264] "VP8" proponents want it to be the video
> > MTI, they should work on [changing the licensing policy,] "developing
> > their video codec specifications within a recognized standards
> > organization
> 
> Coincidentally, I'm at the MPEG meeting trying to be allowed to develop
> a VP8 specification within MPEG, which probably fits the definition of
> "a recognized standards organization".
> 
> So far, it's been slow going. I've been asked multiple times whether
> it's actually worth the effort to continue trying.
> 
> Since MPEG's rules are somewhat opaque to me about what I can say in
> public about what goes on at MPEG, I'll leave it at that.


That's the fun thing about "tweaking language" to replace something
that is fundamentally relevant with something that is completely
arbitrary and pretending they are the same.

Next they'll tell you that you don't have the right school tie or
some such.

Or that this group couldn't accept a perfectly good existing RFC as
a WG document relevant here.

  Ron