H.264 is a proprietary codec

Posted Dec 10, 2014 22:53 UTC (Wed) by Simon_Hall (guest, #100181)
In reply to: h264 is NOT proprietary by khim
Parent article: Specifying codecs for the web

H.264 is proprietary.

Anyone labelling H.264 as non-proprietary is confused as to what constitutes a “proprietary technology”.

"Proprietary" describes a technology or product that is owned exclusively by a single company. These are controlled by licenses and.or patents.

Any technology distributed under license, free or not, is proprietary

H.264 is controlled under license by MPEG LA.