- From: Benjamin M. Schwartz <bmschwar@fas.harvard.edu>
- Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 10:55:56 -0400
Ian Fette (????????) wrote: > We have chosen to support H.264 + AAC as well as > Ogg (Theora + Vorbis) for <video> in Google Chrome H.264 is heavily patented, and H.264 implementors typically acquire patent licenses from MPEG LA. However, as noted in [1], Chrome's use of ffmpeg for codec support subjects it to the LGPL, which requires that any such licenses be fully transferable and unrestricted. How does Google intend to meet its legal obligations in reference to H.264 (and AAC)? --Ben [1] http://annevankesteren.nl/2009/05/web-video -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 198 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.whatwg.org/pipermail/whatwg-whatwg.org/attachments/20090529/47e6c21b/attachment.pgp>
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