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

[Leon Geyser <[e-mail]>]

Great news.

I see this in the Q/A:
*Q. iOS is noticeably absent from the list of platforms. Why is that?*
A: Unfortunately, iOS does not allow for applications to fetch and install
modules from the Internet once that application has been installed on the
device. Consequently, it is simply not feasible for us to provide a
distribution at this time.
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Does the same apply to other platforms like Windows Phone 7/8, Windows RT?
Also if we want to use the module on a different platform not listed by you
and that allow fetch+install can we ask for the module to be compiled?


On 30 October 2013 15:20, Karl Stahl <[e-mail]> wrote:

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> /Karl****
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> *Från:* [e-mail] [mailto:[e-mail]] *För *Jonathan
> Rosenberg (jdrosen)
> *Skickat:* den 30 oktober 2013 13:29
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> *Ämne:* [rtcweb] Cisco to open source its H.264 implementation and absorb
> MPEG-LA licensing fees****
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> I’d like to make an announcement material to the conversations around MTI
> video codecs in rtcweb.****
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> Cisco is announcing today that we will take our H.264 implementation, and
> open source it under BSD license terms. Development and maintenance will be
> overseen by a board from industry and the open source community.
> Furthermore, we will provide a binary form suitable for inclusion in
> applications across a number of different operating systems (Windows,
> MacOS, Linux x86, Linux ARM and Android ARM), and make this binary module
> available for download from the Internet. We will not pass on our MPEG-LA
> licensing costs for this module, and based on the current licensing
> environment, this will effectively make H.264 free for use on supported
> platforms. ****
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> We believe that this contribution to the community can help address the
> concerns many have raised around selection of H.264 as MTI. I firmly
> believe that with H.264 we can achieve maximal interoperability and now, do
> it with open source and for free (well, at least for others – its not free
> for Cisco J)****
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> More information on the open source project can be found at
> http://www.openh264.org, which is sparse now but more coming soon.****
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> Thx,****
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> Jonathan R.****
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> Jonathan Rosenberg, PhD****
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> VP, CTO Collaboration****
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> Cisco Systems****
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