Re: [rtcweb] Straw Poll on Nokia mincing

[Maik Merten <[e-mail]>]

Am 19.12.2013 04:30, schrieb Ron:
> The interesting question isn't Nokia's intention here, I don't think
> anyone seriously doubts what it is.  The interesting questions are
> twofold:
>
>   a) Do they even have the slimmest leg to stand on with their claims
>      against VP8?  There's so far no supporting evidence to say that
>      they do, and plenty stacking up against them.

Also IMO it's quite clear that Nokia, having willfully voided their VP8 
license, would presumably file anything to block VP8 from becoming part 
of any standard they are interested in.  These "will not license" 
declarations are mandatory byproducts of tactics employed by some 
parties in the mobile platform wars (and I'm not merely looking at Nokia 
here).

This, of course, changes nothing regarding the fact that these 
declarations exist. However, for me, this impacts the credibility of 
said claims.


Maik