You are assuming that they are no other patents than Google's on VP8.
This is an unproven assertion, and some experts have clearly voiced
their serious doubts.
The VideoLAN project has an informal policy of not taking software
patents into accounts when taking decision for the simple reason that:
1/ they are invalid in Europe, where the project is based, and 2/ there
is no way to determine that a certain piece of code does not infringe
any patent (you cannot come and ask the patent office for that kind of
assertion).
The VideoLAN project is a non-profit and it will not let its policy be
dictated by the FSF or Ubuntu zealots. If you have a problem with that,
you better take it up with the VideoLAN project directly than through
Launchpad.
** Changed in: vlc
Status: Confirmed => Won't Fix
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Use VP8/WebM as the default video codec/format
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