Re: [rtcweb] Congratuiations on the Cisco announcement - but we still prefer VP8

[Krasimir Kolarov <[e-mail]>]

One interesting observation from the database is that one of the most recent Type 2 (royalty bearing) declarations on the list is from a major proponent of Royalty Free coding - Motorola Mobility (which is now fully owned by Google).

It looks like a compelling strategy - to offer technology that you support for Royalty Free adoption, while blocking a competing technology with a Type 2 declaration.

Krasimir

On Nov 7, 2013, at 12:59 PM, Harald Alvestrand <[e-mail]> wrote:

> The list of declarations made against the proposed baseline document is available at the bottom of this page:
> 
> http://www.iso.org/iso/home/standards_development/governance_of_technical_work/patents.htm
> 
> For declarations against the MPEG baseline proposal, look for the number 14496-29.
> 
> For some of the declarations, the spreadsheet will tell you whether it's a Type 1 (royalty free) or Type 2 (royalty bearing) declaration. For the 3 most recent declarations in the spreadsheet, you will even find a link to the declaration itself.
> 
> Draw your own conclusions.
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 9:36 PM, Monty Montgomery <[e-mail]> wrote:
> > In short, most MPEG members are not evil, and want the same thing as the
> > open source and broader communities, including royalty-free licensing.
> 
> I agree, but the structure of the MPEG is such that it only takes one
> (or a handful).  We've heard promises of RF baselines stretching back
> almost 20 years.
> 
> I agree this would be a wholly positive development, but frankly...
> call us when it's done.
> 
> Monty
> 
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