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This caught my eye: > Building a new codec from scratch may cost less than licensing Samsung is already participating in many open source projects: F2FS, Tiz
by higherpurpose 12y ago
This caught my eye:
> Building a new codec from scratch may cost less than
licensing
Samsung is already participating in many open source projects: F2FS, Tizen, they are part of Linux foundation, and I believe is even helping Mozilla with Servo. So why not try to get them to commit to adopting Daala in all of their devices as soon as it's stable and out, and perhaps even help with funding a bit? There might be other companies out there willing to do it, too. They need to reach to them.
- revelation 12y agoWhy would they do that? It's Samsung. They probably already have a "covers everything forever" license for the whole MPEG pool.
- derf_ 12y agoSomething you may not know: Samsung had their own internal project to build a royalty-free codec, but they gave up because it was "too hard" (which for a large corporation usually means "costs too much"). The annual caps for H.264 are just low enough to discourage that kind of activity. The currently proposed caps for HEVC are much higher, and that may change the equation for some people.