[M4IF Discuss] Corona decoder made available openly ?

[Klaus Diepold]

Friends and colleagues,
I recently picked up a rumour concerning Microsoft's Corona Codec.
The rumour says that MS will potentially make available the sources to the
Corona decoder.
Also the rumour states that in future it will be possible to store video
content in the Windows Media format and transcode it from there into any
other known video format.
I think that this would actually mean that MPEG-LA and the license holder
seriously have to hurry up coming to grips with feasible license terms.
My question is if those rumours can be kind of verified or if it is just a
rumour ?
Anybody any kind of deeper insights or comments on that ?
Cheers
Klaus Diepold