[M4IF News] MPEG-4 Visual License scheme announced

[Yuval Fisher]

My personal view is this:
I think these terms are rather a bad idea,  because the $0.25 will
squelch free distribution of software players. I don't understand how
anyone will know whether the decoder will be used for 'free' or paid
videos. 
My first reaction is disappointment. At least there's a year of free
downloads at the beginning, but that is probably not enough time to
establish a sufficiently large market to warrent the license fees. 
Yuval