Do the codes only apply to WebRTC consumers, or can these be used in other context? For example Gnome has ctrl+alt+shift+R to screen-cast, which saves in webM format. Could that switch to whatever h.264 format with Cisco bits? Maybe get the lawyers to look at this? -Jon Disnard irc: masta fas: parasense On Sat, Nov 2, 2013 at 11:23 AM, Bruno Wolff III <bruno@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sat, Nov 02, 2013 at 08:11:48 -0700, > Gregory Maxwell <gmaxwell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> I personally believe it would probably be helpful to the discussion if >> Fedora is able to reach a (preliminary?) decision on if OpenH264 (as >> described) will be able to be used by Fedora systems (e.g. by having >> something analogous to codec buddy go install the codec to give all >> Fedora systems H.264 support) in order to provide feedback to the >> working group. If a decision to mandate H.264 in WebRTC means that >> Fedora systems would be unable to comply with the specification, that >> would be unfortunate. > > > I don't see mandating H.264 in WebRTC as a good thing. So I'd rather not see > Fedora people spend time supporting it, as opposed to doing other Fedora > related work. And for people that don't need to worry about software patents > or who don't worry about practising them without proper licensing, they can > use x264 from RPMFusion. > > -- > devel mailing list > devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel > Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct -- -Jon -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
