Which is an element of the MPEG-LA license). Provides: it is not presented to the user correctly in Firefox, but theīigger problem is that it has a restriction on the use of the codec (onlyĪllowing " USES IN WHICH IT DOES NOT RECEIVE REMUNERATION", The end of October, noting that in addition to the build issue there were For Fedora, at least, it violates the packaging policy to install aīinary that is not built in the distribution's infrastructure. Is), it is not the way that most Linux distributions deliver software to their Nothing malicious about the binary (and there is no evidence that there Where they will be executed based on content from elsewhere on the netĬould be seen as a potential attack vector. The problem for Fedora is that downloading semi-random binaries from the Hello, which is a video chat feature using WebRTC that will even work between different browsers (e.g. Integrated a way for Firefox 33 to automatically download and install theĬodec from Cisco. Ship an H.264 codec with Firefox, using OpenH264 made perfect sense. Like a way around that problem, but the fact that it must be distributed byįor Mozilla, which was looking for non-patent-encumbered way to There is already an open-source H.264 codec in FFmpeg (and the Libav fork), but some distributions (likeįedora) don't ship it due to patent concerns. Taking the source andīuilding your own version of the codec doesn't convey the waiver of the (and strongly enforced) H.264 video format without passing on the MPEG Fedora has recently "resolved" a problem with theīSD-licensed H.264 video codec that Cisco announced in October 2013-by disablingĬisco has generously offered its OpenH264 codec for the heavily patented But, even when the danger fades for a particular patent due toĪ seemingly open-source-friendly licensing arrangement, there may Thus, the lawyers, lawsuits, and other exciting trappings of the patent-war Projects? The usual problem is in trying to avoid them and, Did we ever mention that software patents are a serious pain for free-software
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