[Wikimedia-l] RfC: Should we support MP4 Video on our sites?

[Andrew Lih]

On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 5:37 AM, Fæ <faewik at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> The RFC is non-neutral and unnecessarily complex. With so much
> experience of trying these things, along with full time expertise, I
> would hope for a more sophisticated approach from in-house WMF teams.


It is actually very complex -- legally and technically. And the MPEG-LA
licensors did not gear their licenses or documentation towards
user-generated content, or free culture projects, which makes our job
harder.

-Andrew