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Without royalties, what is the incentive for these companies to be part of the pool? Especially those already in the h.264 pool. I don't think I understand why
by extension 16y ago
Without royalties, what is the incentive for these companies to be part of the pool? Especially those already in the h.264 pool. I don't think I understand why this worked.
- kkowalczyk 16y agoNone of them, except Google (presumably), has patents on those technologies in the first place, so they would get no royalties. This is a clever defense of companies that use WebM against someone else (like mpeg la) trying to form a patent pool for it and attack them. They would score big if they convinced some of the h264 patent holders to join them.
- extension 16y agoSo these companies are agreeing to cross-license patents that they don't have? What's the point? How would this help defend against those who do have patents?