Video codecs: the ugly business behind pretty pictures - ▻https://www.infoworld.com/print/214525 #patents
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... to sublicense the techniques to any user of VP8, whether the VP8 implementation is by Google or another entity; this means that users can develop independent implementations of VP8 and still enjoy coverage under the sublicenses.
The announcement goes on to make two more important statements. First, Google intends to submit VP8 to MPEG for standardization. This would be a profound change in direction, potentially steering future efforts away from the patent thicket and toward open ground. Second, Google intends to propose V P8 be selected as the “mandatory to implement” codec in the RTCWEB group at IETF that’s defining protocols to enable real-time communications in Web browsers: WebRTC.
If all this were to succeed, it would unlock immense opportunity for open source software and the open Web. Freed from constant rent-seeking by patent owners, open source developers would at last be free to innovate on audio and video applications of all kinds without constantly looking over their shoulders or asking permission to innovate.
ok donc… ce serait en fait le contraire de ce que racontait ▻http://seenthis.net/messages/121344 ?
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À la réunion IETF d’Orlando, qui vient de se terminer, le groupe de travail RTCWEB était à la fois une des vedettes de la réunion (tout le monde en parlait, puisque les travaux de ce groupe pourraient secouer pas mal de positions établies), un des groupes les plus stakhanovistes (plusieurs réunions) et un des moins efficaces : ils ont fini par se séparer sans avoir pu décider d’un codec...
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