I’m delighted to say that Google has responded and fixed the licence for WebM so that they don’t need to submit it to OSI any more – they are now just using a BSD licence with a separate patent grant. Read more over on my ComputerWorldUK blog.
Filed under: Open Source | Tagged: Google, OSI, WebM |
Tried to leave this message on your other blog but it thought it was spam and kept rejecting it.
Doing a little research for the upcoming tiff between MpegLA (H.264) vs. Google WebM and found the following on the MpegLA site:
Want to Form a Pool? Have an idea for the next great patent pool? We want to hear from you. We are developing new pools with the following industries:
Chemical
Consumer Electronics
eCommerce
Education
Energy
Environment
Healthcare and Biotechnology
Manufacturing and Materials
Transportation
Wireless Technology
http://www.mpegla.com/main/Pages/FormPool.aspx
Ugh, that’s gruesome – the last thing we need is mission creep for MPEG-LA…