Codec Wars: Peace Breaks Out, Skype uses Google?s free On2/WebM video codec

Skype’s Jonathan Christensen blogged Google’s move to open up VP8 benefits everyone. Skype uses On2’s VPx video compression and codecs, the little software engine that lets your video look so good with so few bits. Then Google bought On2 and Skype became sensitive to external dependencies. Lawsuits from your founders will do that.
Codec openness [...]