[Advocacy] Re: [Vorbis] This is a sad day for interoperability in the Web

[Chris Harrington (Personal)]

I think what Diego is saying is that they aren't a magical "black box" 
that nobody can implement. That is what "proprietary" typically implies.

However, the exact definition [ http://www.answers.com/proprietary ] 
says that something proprietary is, basically, anything that is owned or 
controlled by a single entity. Since one must pay a license fee to 
implement these standards, that would imply that they are proprietary.

-Chris

Ivo Emanuel Gonçalves wrote:
> On 8/22/07, Diego Biurrun <diego at biurrun.de> wrote:
>>> H.264 and HE-AAC
>> Since when, pray tell, are these standards proprietary?
> 
> It is illegal to create and use a free software implementation of
> H.264 and HE-AAC in the United States and other jurisdictions without
> purchase of a license.