[whatwg] Video codec requirements changed

[cramhead]

Is there a codec, potentially old or not currently functioning,  that is
free  and that could be freely modified/improved to make a new free codec
that Apple and Nokia and others would not challenge? Potentially, some
funding could be donated by groups like the FSF or commercial players?

Marc d'Entremont

On Jan 7, 2008 1:12 PM, Manuel Amador (Rudd-O) <rudd-o at rudd-o.com> wrote:

> If you need to pay ¢1 for copies distributed, then it isn't royalty free
> and
> it can't be on the standard as a requirement.  Flat fee is not royalty
> free.
>
> YES, I MEANT BEING ABLE TO USE IT WITHOUT PAYING ANY KIND OF FEE.
>
> Am I too daft for my words to be understood?
>
> El Lunes 07 Ene 2008, escribió:
> > On Jan 7, 2008 7:36 PM, Manuel Amador (Rudd-O) <rudd-o at rudd-o.com>
> wrote:
> > > Out of the question, it must be royalty-free.  That's one of the
> > > requirements, so unless you can convince the holder to go RF, no
> chance.
> >
> > Did you even read what I wrote?
> >
> > >>RAD doesn't charge royalties - period. You pay one flat-fee to use
> Bink
> > >>or Smacker in your product.
> >
> > If you mean being able to use it without paying _any kind_ of fee,
> > that's another thing.
> >
> > Royalty: a sum of money paid to a patentee for the use of a patent or
> > to an author or composer for _each_ copy of a book sold or for _each_
> > public performance of a work.
> >
> > And about your last sentence.. As I said:
> > >>It might be worth trying to contact RAD and see if this could be a
> >
> > walkable road.
> >
> > -- Federico BP
>
>
>
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