Coalition of businesses creates WebM Community Cross License initiative

When Google unveiled its WebM open source media format and declared it to be the one codec to rule all others , there have been folks that decried its usefulness and felt that H.264 should inherit the earth. WebM’s power converted a few of those staunch detractors, and to rally more to to the VP8 / Vorbis cause, 17 companies have now formed the WebM Community Cross-License (CCL) initiative by inter-mingling their WebM-related IP resources. The initiative was founded in order that all may use El Goog’s preferred multimedia codec free from the threat of patent litigation , and the CCL superfriends will welcome more members to strengthen their legal might — but those wishing to sign up for must grant a royalty-free license to any in their patents that cover WebM technology. a fondness for streamlining web standards and a willingness to spread the word about WebM couldn’t hurt, either — new formats don’t sell themselves, y’know.

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