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There are still patent issues, and you still need to obtain a license to use the software. You will never see this image format integrated into any other open s

There are still patent issues, and you still need to obtain a license to use the software. You will never see this image format integrated into any other open source projects, like Firefox, for this reason.

wmf 12y ago
Like how you'll never see H.264, DRM, or WebKit in Firefox?
- sp332 12y ago
  WebKit in Firefox?
  - ChrisGranger 12y ago
    For use in iOS, I imagine.
  - derf_ 12y ago
    He is referring to <https://github.com/mozilla/firefox-ios> https://github.com/mozilla/firefox-ios>. But you will note that none of those things are "in" Firefox. H.264 support in the <video> tag is implemented via platform-specific APIs (which, for example still don't work on OS X). DRM requires a CDM binary blob, which is again platform specific. You do not have the open-source freedom to port these features to some other platform that does not support them.
- riffraff 12y ago
  webkit in firefox?