You can never expect that, because you have no guarantee against unexpected patent trolling. Apple and MS are just looking for excuse to sabotage open codecs. But real threats come from themselves and unknown patent trolls.
The FTC would seem to disagree with you as they believe patent commitments to standards are not changeable after the standard is adopted. Once again Apple and MS don't care if its open, they care about stability.
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You can never expect that, because you have no guarantee against unexpected patent trolling. Apple and MS are just looking for excuse to sabotage open codecs. But real threats come from themselves and unknown patent trolls.
The FTC would seem to disagree with you as they believe patent commitments to standards are not changeable after the standard is adopted. Once again Apple and MS don't care if its open, they care about stability.
FTC can't protect against patent trolling. Did you read what's written above?