Arguing the definition of "proprietary" and "standards" is irrelevant.
Neither has any bearing on the problem which is that in 2010 the MPEG-LA
(of which Nokia is a member) will impose fees on all use of h.264 on the
Internet equivalent to those of 'free television'. As near as I can tell
that will mean all websites serving h.264 content will be liable for
fees of between $2,500 - $10,000 USD per annum. This makes it
inappropriate for any public standard and makes other technical and
legal comparisons between Ogg and h.264 irrelevant. x264 is a nice
program but it is doubtful it is exempt from these fees nor is the
content it produces or the websites that host them.
The ONLY issue here is about the inclusion of Ogg as a SUGGESTION (not
requirement) and the ONLY argument against the format is that it *might*
be subject to submarine patents - however since this applies to EVERY
video codec and even HTML5 itself it is also irrelevant.
Shannon
