- From: L. David Baron <dbaron@dbaron.org>
- Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 15:27:30 -0800
- To: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Cc: public-html@w3.org, whatwg@whatwg.org
On Tuesday 2007-12-11 02:39 +0000, Ian Hickson wrote: > I've temporarily removed the requirements on video codecs from the HTML5 > spec, since the current text isn't helping us come to a useful > interoperable conclusion. When a codec is found that is mutually > acceptable to all major parties I will update the spec to require that > instead and then reply to all the pending feedback on video codecs. > > http://www.whatwg.org/issues/#graphics-video-codec The text you replaced the requirements with [1] includes the requirement that the codec: # is not an additional submarine patent risk for large companies Is this something that can be measured objectively, or is it a loophole that allows any sufficiently large company to veto the choice of codec for any reason it chooses, potentially including not wanting the <video> element to succeed in creating an open standard for video on the Web? -David [1] In full, the text is: # It would be helpful for interoperability if all browsers could # support the same codecs. However, there are no known codecs that # satisfy all the current players: we need a codec that is known to # not require per-unit or per-distributor licensing, that is # compatible with the open source development model, that is of # sufficient quality as to be usable, and that is not an additional # submarine patent risk for large companies. This is an ongoing # issue and this section will be updated once more information is # available. from http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/section-video.html#video -- L. David Baron http://dbaron.org/ Mozilla Corporation http://www.mozilla.com/
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