I would guess that they will in order to speed its adoption. If they don't, it won't be long until there exists an open-source implementation. There already e

I would guess that they will in order to speed its adoption. If they don't, it won't be long until there exists an open-source implementation. There already exist very high-quality open source implementations of H.264, like x264. Since VP8 won't be patent encumbered, there will probably be even more impetus to create one.