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

[Max Jonas Werner <[e-mail]>]

On 30.10.2013 16:52, Ethan Hugg wrote:
> Lorenzo,
> 
> You will be able to inspect the source yourself for nefarious things like
> tracking as the code will be freely available.

This implies there exists a way to verify that the code under review is
actually the exact same code used to compile the binary which is not
trivial IIRC.

Max

> On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 8:47 AM, Lorenzo Miniero <[e-mail]>wrote:
> 
>> Il giorno Wed, 30 Oct 2013 10:41:27 -0500
>> Adam Roach <[e-mail]> ha scritto:
>>
>>> On 10/30/13 10:20, Matt Fredrickson wrote:
>>>> Does this mean that system information (for systems that this is
>>>> installed on) may be tracked and sent back to the Cisco servers for
>>>> accurate license usage count?  (ethernet MAC address, or some other
>>>> system specific info) so that redownloads of modules on the same
>>>> system are not counted towards your license usage accounting?
>>>
>>> My understanding is that MPEG-LA has a per-organization royalty cap
>>> for H.264 (13 MUSD, if my memory serves), and that Cisco reaches that
>>> cap quite easily with their own products.
>>>
>>> /a
>>
>> Which doesn't preclude the fact the module may do tracking anyway.
>>
>> Lorenzo