Subject: Re: [rtcweb] MTI Video Codec: a novel proposal
From: Florian Weimer <[email-masked]>
To: Gaelle Martin-Cocher <[email-masked]>
Cc: "[email-masked]" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2014 22:04:57 +0100
List-Id: Real-Time Communication in WEB-browsers working group list <rtcweb.ietf.org>

* Gaelle Martin-Cocher:

> Some device/OS vendors have released API to hardware supported codec
> (BlackBerry included). One of the goal is to offer codec access
> without additional cost to non-platform-native
> UA/browser/device/non-browser, hence maximizing interoperability for
> WebRTC endpoints. And without having multiple occurrences of codecs
> being loaded on the platform.

The API maybe there, but it does not necessarily confer a patent
license to application developers, just like a patent license obtained
by a WebRTC implementor does not necessarily extend to a service that
integrates WebRTC.