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VP8 is used by skype for video and VP6 (which VP8 is based on) was used by youtube for a while on many videos. They could have made millions of dollars by suing
by patrickaljord 16y ago
VP8 is used by skype for video and VP6 (which VP8 is based on) was used by youtube for a while on many videos. They could have made millions of dollars by suing huge companies such as Skype and Google. Why didn't they if they had patents on them? Doesn't make sense.
- YooLi 16y agoWhen did Skype switch to VP8? As far as I know they still use VP7. What does VP6 have to do with VP8?
- patrickaljord 16y agoVP8 is heavily based on VP6 and VP7. If VP8 breaches some patents, they are very high odds that so do they.
- YooLi 16y agocite please.
- astrange 16y agoFeel free to read the libvpx source, it's based on On2's VP7 codec and mentions it in comments in several places. You can also compare ffvp56 and ffvp8, although there's a larger time gap between the two implementations.
- YooLi 16y agoWhat would that accomplish. The original statement was that skype uses vp8 and youtube used vp6 (which vp8 is heavily based off of). Skype doesn't use vp8, and looking at vp7 or vp8 source isn't going to tell me that vp6 infringes on any patents.