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It is not "patent-free". If it was I am sure Google would indemnify users from patent infringement lawsuits.

Fact is that at least 12 organisations have already said that WebM infringes on their patents.



Is there any open-source, royalty-free technology you can think of that comes with a legal indemnity against patent lawsuits?


Many providers of Linux and Java products indemnify their users e.g. RedHat, Novell.


s/users/customers/ ?




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