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Sorry to be the one to do this, but Relevant XKCD: http://xkcd.com/927/ http://xkcd.com/927/
by robinduckett 13y ago
Sorry to be the one to do this, but
Relevant XKCD: http://xkcd.com/927/ http://xkcd.com/927/
- mschuster91 13y agoRelevant yes, but in this case the requirement for a new standard doesn't arise from vanity or "more use cases", but rather from the fact that video compression is a patent minefield.
- mbq 13y agoSituation: there are 0 free and libre state-of-art video codecs; Xiph is working on one supported by Red Hat and Mozilla. Mozilla buys Monty Montgomery from Red Hat. Soon: Situation: there are 0 free and libre state-of-art video codecs; Xiph is working on one supported by Red Hat and Mozilla. ... very relevant.
- gillianseed 13y agoHow are VP8/VP9 (webm) not 'free and libre'?
- mbq 13y agoAs I understand, Google can go evil and use its patents to impose certain restrictions, like killing potential independent VP10 project or messing with webm's royalty-free status.
- cromwellian 13y agoCitation?
- gillianseed 13y agoSince Google are offering them under a _irrevocable_ royalty free licence I don't see how you could have come to 'understand' it that way. Do you have any references to your claims?
- bzbarsky 13y agoActually, those fail the "state-of-the-art" part of the test.