WebM license third-party submission

Chris DiBona cdibona at gmail.com
Wed May 26 22:00:56 UTC 2010


> We would all like to see this fixed, but consider that IETF has never been
> incorporated and Google implements their standards. And IETF's processes are
> even more arcane. Ask someone who works with them about the "humming vote",
> and Larry or I can explain their unenforcible IPR policy. Ultimately whether
> OSI is an association or a corporation is not relevant to license approval.
>
>
Wait, I thought you guys had fixed it. Obviously I'm confused.

 This might sound stridant, but I think that OSI needs to be more open about
>> its workings to retain credibility in the space.
>>
>>
> With all due respect, Chris, Google is so arrogant in refusing to discuss
> its processes with anyone that  this request isn't terribly credible.
> Remember when I was thrown off of Adsense, and Google wouldn't tell me why,
> and you had to intervene? Lots of us would be happy to join Google's
> advisory board when you have one you're willing to listen to.
>

We're not really looking to form an advisory board at this time. I'm sorry
you had a bad experience with Adsense 5+ years ago. I didn't see it  as
horrible to help out there, though.

Chris


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