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		acg on April 12, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google to Open-source VP8 for HTML5 Video Jobs is a businessman, it would make sense to him to try and avoid or reduce licensing costs. Google turned from a close partner to being a competitor, not an enemy.

protomyth on April 12, 2010 [–]

Alex Lindsay said it right when he said Google and Apple try to "control or commoditize" - commoditized video is good

which license and patent terms I wonder...

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