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MPEG LA AVC/H.264 patent license text

MPEG LA AVC/H.264 patent license text

Posted Feb 2, 2010 16:17 UTC (Tue) by DonDiego (subscriber, #24141)
In reply to: MPEG LA AVC/H.264 patent license text by DonDiego
Parent article: Blizzard: HTML5 video and H.264 - what history tells us and why we're standing with the web

I extracted the AVC patent portfolio license and put it online for easy reference:

http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/~diego/avc_license.html


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MPEG LA AVC/H.264 patent license text

Posted Feb 2, 2010 16:43 UTC (Tue) by Trelane (subscriber, #56877) [Link]

Thanks for the digging. Yay facts! :)

MPEG LA AVC/H.264 patent license text

Posted Feb 2, 2010 16:49 UTC (Tue) by Trelane (subscriber, #56877) [Link]

Pretty much backs up the assertion above that it's based on units, not sales for codecs.

MPEG LA AVC/H.264 patent license text

Posted Feb 3, 2010 10:39 UTC (Wed) by DonDiego (subscriber, #24141) [Link]

Also see the section about minimum volume and minimal fees, i.e. 0.

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