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

[Lorenzo Miniero <[e-mail]>]

Il giorno Wed, 30 Oct 2013 08:52:12 -0700
Ethan Hugg <[e-mail]> ha scritto:

> Lorenzo,
> 
> You will be able to inspect the source yourself for nefarious things
> like tracking as the code will be freely available.
> 
> -EH
> 


Considering we're to choose between either the source code (paying
licence fees ourselves) or a binary module (free as a bird) I hope I'm
allowed to have my doubts.

Lorenzo


> 
> 
> 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
> >
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