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IANAL, and this might be a simple case of letter vs. spirit, but my understanding was that shipping the decoder's source is allowed, so with a JS implementation
by reubenmorais 12y ago
IANAL, and this might be a simple case of letter vs. spirit, but my understanding was that shipping the decoder's source is allowed, so with a JS implementation you're theoretically safe. This was one of the arguments around Broadway, the JS H.264 decoder.
- tjohns 12y agoI'd argue there's a difference between shipping source code, and actually embedding it in your page via a <script> tag. Once you embed the script into your page for execution, you're building a derivative work -- not just publishing technical details. Otherwise JS would become a universal patent loophole, which I'm pretty sure a judge would find fault with. (IANAL also.)