> Now commercializing those codecs may be another matter entirely, probably requiring resolving licensing issues depending on how much they rely on other patent

> Now commercializing those codecs may be another matter entirely, probably requiring resolving licensing issues depending on how much they rely on other patented methods. Ostensibly, pools like MPEG-LA exist to make this easier. That would be fine. However, confusing the issue, claiming infringement by these new codecs in general, without providing any proof and otherwise trying to destroy the adoption of these new codecs is not OK. MPEG-LA and other right-holders conspiring to damage the alternative codecs uptake did cross this line.