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Re: [rtcweb] x264 vs OpenH264 (Was: On the topic of MTI video codecs)

cowwoc <cowwoc@bbs.darktech.org> Fri, 01 November 2013 16:24 UTC

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On 01/11/2013 12:19 PM, Emil Ivov wrote:
> It would be nice for Mozilla to comment then. They wouldn't have been
> required to statically link against it or even distribute it. It is
> already possible to use GPL plug-ins with Firefox, so why is x264 an
> insurmountable problem?

Can I dynamically link x264 against my proprietary application without 
having to GPL it? If not, that's a non-starter. Similarly, what do I 
under iOS where I am forced to statically link?

Whatever solution we end up with has to enable closed-source non-browser 
applications to act as WebRTC peers. This approach sounds like a 
non-starter to me.

Gili

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