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Is there a reason Mozilla cannot work this way?

• vetinari 17y ago
  It is does not solve Mozilla's problem with fees paid by authors and publishers. Do you want to pay license fees for videos you will put on your webpage? Thought so... There is another advantage VLC has: it is academic project, sponsored by University. Even in US, you can use patented technologies for research without license.
  • pbhjpbhj 17y ago
    Again, VLC's distribution is not for academic purposes it is a commercial offering (yes, even though it is free). In your last sentence you are right, you can but you can't pretend you are aiding others to do their own research as a cover for commercial activity as that would be contributory infringement.
  • DannoHung 17y ago
    So why not support both and the people who DO want to support h264 and pay the fees can do so? Then the browsers that don't support Theora are the ones that only have a subset of support. Embrace, extend, extinguish and all that.