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0 pointskkowalczyk13y ago0 comments

Yes, a completely open-sourced, royalty free and patent-free WebM is "proprietary".

Patent-laden format for which you have to pay multi-million royalties is "industry standard".

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It is not "patent-free". If it was I am sure Google would indemnify users from patent infringement lawsuits.

Fact is that at least 12 organisations have already said that WebM infringes on their patents.

dtf13y ago

Is there any open-source, royalty-free technology you can think of that comes with a legal indemnity against patent lawsuits?

Many providers of Linux and Java products indemnify their users e.g. RedHat, Novell.

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