Re: [Foundation-l] Google open sources VP8 -> WebM

2010-05-19 Thread Gregory Maxwell
On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 5:18 PM, Kim Bruning wrote: > WebM is a new open source video codec; That's interesting > with a BSD-ish license; Ok, that's amazing > Google did it; That's huge. > > The question to this esteemed community is thus: > Shall we start using it? :-) Careful about rushing in t

Re: [Foundation-l] Google open sources VP8 -> WebM

2010-05-19 Thread geni
On 19 May 2010 22:21, Jon Davis wrote: > No, the real question is: Is it _actually_ free? > > Read the OVA page about VP8 ( > http://openvideoalliance.org/2010/05/google-frees-vp8-codec-for-html5-the-webm-project/?l=en). >  Specifically "What's the catch?".  In short, MPEG-LA group claims > that >

Re: [Foundation-l] Google open sources VP8 -> WebM

2010-05-19 Thread Jon Davis
No, the real question is: Is it _actually_ free? Read the OVA page about VP8 ( http://openvideoalliance.org/2010/05/google-frees-vp8-codec-for-html5-the-webm-project/?l=en). Specifically "What's the catch?". In short, MPEG-LA group claims that their patents cover all modern video codecs. So, h

Re: [Foundation-l] Google open sources VP8 -> WebM

2010-05-19 Thread Gerard Meijssen
Hoi, Check out my blog http://ultimategerardm.blogspot.com/2010/05/new-wikipedia-related-logo-just-spotted.html Thanks, GerardM On 19 May 2010 23:18, Kim Bruning wrote: > WebM is a new open source video codec; That's interesting > with a BSD-ish license; Ok, that's amazing > Google did i

[Foundation-l] Google open sources VP8 -> WebM

2010-05-19 Thread Kim Bruning
WebM is a new open source video codec; That's interesting with a BSD-ish license; Ok, that's amazing Google did it; That's huge. The question to this esteemed community is thus: Shall we start using it? :-) sincerely, Kim Bruning -- [Non-pgp mail clients may show pgp-signature as attach