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Re: [rtcweb] Cisco to open source its H.264 implementation and absorb MPEG-LA licensing fees

Adam Roach <adam@nostrum.com> Thu, 12 December 2013 23:03 UTC

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Subject: Re: [rtcweb] Cisco to open source its H.264 implementation and absorb MPEG-LA licensing fees
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On 12/12/13 16:25, Daniel-Constantin Mierla wrote:
> if one doesn't trust Mozilla, it shouldn't use bare Firefox binary in 
> the first place

And if one doesn't trust Cisco, one shouldn't use the Internet.

As I've pointed out before, if Cisco is targeting you, you're pretty 
much hosed.

/a

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