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Re: [rtcweb] VP8 vs H.264 - the core issue

Matthew Kaufman <matthew@matthew.at> Wed, 30 October 2013 17:41 UTC

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Subject: Re: [rtcweb] VP8 vs H.264 - the core issue
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On 10/30/2013 10:07 AM, Jack Moffitt wrote:
>>> Do we switch now, or do we give up and live with royalties forever?
>> This is a little dramatic. One can trivially prove that every technology
>> required to implement H.264 will lose the protection of the patent system in
>> a finite period of time. Much, much sooner than "forever".
> Selection of royalty-required codecs sets a precedent.
>
> jack.

Prove that VP8 isn't such a thing, and we'd have a clear decision to make.

Matthew Kaufman

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