WebM - free license, indemnification against 0 patents.
H.264 - paid license, indemnification against > 1700 patents.
(here's the list: http://www.mpegla.com/main/programs/avc/Documents/avc-att1.p...)
For WebM to be a free equivalent, Google would have to indemnify users against that list of patents. If Google is sure that the patents are not infringed, why doesn't it at least do that?
WebM - free license, indemnification against 0 patents.
H.264 - paid license, indemnification against > 1700 patents.
(here's the list: http://www.mpegla.com/main/programs/avc/Documents/avc-att1.p...)
For WebM to be a free equivalent, Google would have to indemnify users against that list of patents. If Google is sure that the patents are not infringed, why doesn't it at least do that?