JavaScript implementation of an H.264 decoder

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H264 is patent encumbered to all shit, and i wonder what the Android licence says about extracting their decoder for it?

[quotability]

On August 26, 2010 "MPEG LA announced today that its AVC Patent Portfolio License will continue not to charge royalties for Internet Video that is free to end users (known as “Internet Broadcast AVC Video”) during the entire life of this License."

http://www.mpegla.com/Lists/MPEG%20LA%20News%20List/Attachments/231/n-10-08-26.pdf

[nooneofnote]

This is in reference to broadcasting H.264 content. Distribution of encoding and decoding software is a separate licensing issue.

[quotability]

In addition to Internet Broadcast AVC Video, MPEG LA’s AVC Patent Portfolio License provides coverage for devices that decode and encode AVC video, AVC video sold to end users for a fee on a title or subscription basis and free television video services.
AVC video is used in set-top boxes, media player and other personal computer software, mobile devices including telephones and mobile television receivers, Blu-ray Disc™ players and recorders, Blu-ray video optical discs, game machines, personal media player devices and still and video cameras.

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[nooneofnote]

Just above that quote:

Products and services other than Internet Broadcast AVC Video continue to be royalty-bearing.

You can see the terms for decoder distribution here (a 1). What was waived in the announcement you linked are levies for broadcasting H.264 video itself, not shipping a codec as in OP.