Comment by CharlesW
9 years ago
> It's really a wonderful story of the triumph of open source philosophy over the IP licensing model.
3-5 years will tell whether it's a triumph or a tragedy. It's certainly not possible to know today. Fans were quite sure Beta meant the end of VHS, but there are so many other (more important, in many cases) factors than the technology.
Betamax wasn't an open standard for digital formats, so that comparison is disingenuous.
The fact that AV1 is explicitly not patent-encumbered is a very important feature.