Comment on Google licenses VP8 patents from MPEG-LAparentComments−gcp13yDoes it mean that Google admits that VP8 is patent encumbered now?No, both the wording and explicit statements made make it clear that VP8 doesn't infringe anything: "if any"..."may be essential".As if they can't tell whether the patents apply after all those years of throwing FUD at it.
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Does it mean that Google admits that VP8 is patent encumbered now?
No, both the wording and explicit statements made make it clear that VP8 doesn't infringe anything: "if any"..."may be essential".
As if they can't tell whether the patents apply after all those years of throwing FUD at it.