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"Under patent rules adopted from the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), technology contributors license their AV1-connected patents to anyone, anywhere, anytime b

"Under patent rules adopted from the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), technology contributors license their AV1-connected patents to anyone, anywhere, anytime based on reciprocity, i.e. as long as the user does not engage in patent litigation." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AV1#cite_note-patent_license-23 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AV1#cite_note-patent_license-2... We can't know for certain, but with the number of big players joining the alliance, I find it unlikely that a company would want to give up their rights to use AV1. Not to mention the PR nightmare, boycotting, and developer exodus that would ensue for that company.

taneq 8y ago
Wait, is that "as long as the user does not engage in patent litigation" against that consortium member? Or at all? I can't imagine a big corp. forfeiting the right to all patent actions.
MaxBarraclough 8y ago
> PR nightmare, boycotting, and developer exodus that would ensue Perhaps, but I have less and less faith in these 'corrective forces'. Tech companies often seem to discount such consequences, and they get away with it just fine. More optimistically though, I can't recall any instances of a major tech company reneging on a promise like this. The 'Microsoft Community Promise' has been honoured, for instance. (I accept it's quite possible I'm just being forgetful, mind.)