Google and sixteen other companies have formed the WebM Community Cross-License Initiative to freely share WebM related patents on a royalty free basis.

Google has announced that it will be dropping H.264 support from future versions of Chrome web browser, in a move that will bolster the hopes of open web activists.

What is WebM and why WebM is good news for everyone.

Ubuntu went out of its way to license H.264 and discarded Theora in the process. This made Canonical the only company dealing in Linux to license H.264 video.

Monty Montgomery of Xiph.Org responds to Steve Jobs’ threats by asserting that they are not worried.

Steve Jobs’ hints that open source codec Theora may be sued for patent infringements.