Re: [rtcweb] H.261

tim panton <tim@phonefromhere.com> Wed, 27 November 2013 19:50 UTC

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Subject: Re: [rtcweb] H.261
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On 27 Nov 2013, at 19:22, Eric Rescorla <ekr@rtfm.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 10:53 AM, cowwoc <cowwoc@bbs.darktech.org> wrote:
>> On 27/11/2013 10:23 AM, Cullen Jennings (fluffy) wrote:
>>> 
>>> On Nov 26, 2013, at 10:26 PM, cowwoc <cowwoc@bbs.darktech.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>>>> 3. I asked for the ability to license multiple units at a time so we
>>>>> deploy images and applications without a separate plugin/download process.
>>>>> 
>>>>> StW: if this is related to MPEG-LA (and not to the Cisco download
>>>>> mechanism) the answer is simple.  You, as an MPEG-LA sublicensee, are
>>>>> responsible for the correct accounting of the number of codecs you “sell”
>>>>> (where “sell” includes things like free download etc.).  MPEG-LA has the
>>>>> right to audit you, and if they do  and you are found cheating, then there
>>>>> are provisions for penalties. /StW
>>>> 
>>>> Good point. I guess I am asking about Cisco's mechanism, since it is the
>>>> one that we will be bound by. I guess this would be much simpler if Cisco
>>>> hit the licensing upper limit, because then we wouldn't need to keep on
>>>> counting.
>>>> 
>>>> Gili
>>> 
>>> Cisco is going to pay the cap - not because we think counting is hard
>>> (even CDNs allow easy counting) - but because we believe that the Firefox
>>> usage alone will greatly exceed the cap.
>> 
>> 
>> So why can't we bundle the H.264 codec again? If you are already hitting the
>> cap, I don't see a reason to force us to download the codec after-the-fact.
> 
> Because Cisco distributing the copies is what makes them, not you,
> responsible for the license fee.
> 

If (and only if) you and your users meet some as-yet-to-be-defined criteria.
Unless Cisco is indemnifying all possible uses of the downloadable blob?

T.

> -Ekr
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