> H.264 is a public standard that anyone is free to implement. That's correct -- you can implement it. But you have to pay for its usage. See http://www.mpegla

> H.264 is a public standard that anyone is free to implement. That's correct -- you can implement it. But you have to pay for its usage. See http://www.mpegla.com/main/programs/avc/Documents/AVC_TermsSummary.pdf http://www.mpegla.com/main/programs/avc/Documents/AVC_TermsS... EDIT: guess who is paying for this?