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

Adam Roach <adam@nostrum.com> Wed, 30 October 2013 15:41 UTC

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

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