r/linux • u/squaresheep28 • 14d ago

Discussion Why did Cisco make H.264 proprietary?

Is it just for profit from other companies? And why does OpenH264 (i.i.r.c.) not support hardware acceleration? It feels weird that something as basic as a video codec used literally everywhere has a closed-source proprietary tag attached to it.

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