Google has in recent times begun pushing it's own standards through various open projects.
Webm being one, of the few (see Android, chrome etc.)
I have mixed and mostly negative opinion regarding this type of thing from Google. I feel it's a serious conflict of interest and has significant potential abuse. When I state significant, I mean legally questionable, and definitely a serious question of ethical turpitude on those creating these types of "initiatives". I believe gullible is the most appropriate use.
Webm is based on Matroska MKV format (I will have to dig through there standards documentation and then there code to see the difference), which is a very extensible and functional format (MKV that is). It is the successor to the OGM (which was the Ogg container format modified to become a more generalized container likely the inspiration for the creation of MKV).
I've edited out a lot of opinions of my own from this. I have my own feelings, and knowledge of the situations caused by these 'initiatives' by Google. I'm interested in what other people know and have experienced with "open source" being initiated by commercial entities such as Google.
Cyb
Webm being one, of the few (see Android, chrome etc.)
I have mixed and mostly negative opinion regarding this type of thing from Google. I feel it's a serious conflict of interest and has significant potential abuse. When I state significant, I mean legally questionable, and definitely a serious question of ethical turpitude on those creating these types of "initiatives". I believe gullible is the most appropriate use.
Webm is based on Matroska MKV format (I will have to dig through there standards documentation and then there code to see the difference), which is a very extensible and functional format (MKV that is). It is the successor to the OGM (which was the Ogg container format modified to become a more generalized container likely the inspiration for the creation of MKV).
I've edited out a lot of opinions of my own from this. I have my own feelings, and knowledge of the situations caused by these 'initiatives' by Google. I'm interested in what other people know and have experienced with "open source" being initiated by commercial entities such as Google.
Cyb
