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H.264 Will Be Royalty Free For Internet Video Forever

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Just some news: H.264 Will Be Royalty Free For Internet Video Forever, Mozilla Still Doesn't Care
MPEG LA, the group who who licenses the h.264 video codec, has extended its royalty-free use (for free internet video) from 2016 until, well, forever. But Mozilla thinks that the better part of forever could belong to Google's WebM format.

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Re: H.264 Will Be Royalty Free For Internet Video Forever

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linuxviolin wrote:Just some news: H.264 Will Be Royalty Free For Internet Video Forever, Mozilla Still Doesn't Care
MPEG LA, the group who who licenses the h.264 video codec, has extended its royalty-free use (for free internet video) from 2016 until, well, forever. But Mozilla thinks that the better part of forever could belong to Google's WebM format.
I read this article, still skeptical on this patent laden format. But it was a good read. :)
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