MPEG LA , the chemical group that license the h.264 video codec , has extended its royal line - detached use ( for spare cyberspace video)from 2016until , well , evermore . Update : Kinda . But Mozilla thinks the better part of forever could belong to Google ’s WebM format .
https://gizmodo.com/h-264-will-stay-royalty-free-for-free-internet-video-th-5463728
The annunciation serve as MPEG LA ’s not - so - collateral reply to Google ’s declaration of their ownWebM formatin May . You ’d cogitate that this news might carry Mozilla to just go ahead and jump on board the unspoiled ship h.264 — one of their primary objections was that we ’d waken up one day and the propriety standard would n’t be free any longer — but harmonise to Mozilla ’s Vice President of Engineering , Mike Shaver , this does n’t change diddly :
https://gizmodo.com/google-wants-to-save-web-video-with-the-new-webm-form-5542688
The MPEG - LA declaration does n’t convert anything for the next four years , since this hope was already made through 2014 … Given that IEC [ International Electrotechnical Commission ] has already start up accept submissions for patents in the replacement H.265 banner , and the rise of unencumbered formats like WebM , it is not open if H.264 will still be relevant in 2014 .
Burn ! [ The RegisterandRed Hardware ]
Update : Peter Kirn at Create Digital Motionpoints out that “ free forever ” is not necessarily that :
The “ free ” applies to end user , innocent , “ broadcast ” cyberspace video . It does n’t put on to the dick you employ even to reckon that video – include Firefox .
… That means if you ’re making , say , a sincerely free and open source Web web internet browser like Firefox , you ca n’t diffuse H.264 support without paying 1000000 for a license or breaking the law . Giants like Apple and Google and Microsoft pay anyway , so it ’s not an issue for them . But it is an issue for free software developers .
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