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 OpenH264

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-This repo has no code yet - that might seem a bit weird but let us explain.... 

+This goal of this project is to build a BSD-licensed open source H.264

+codec that is suitable for use in real time applications such as WebRTC. See

+http://www.openh264.org/ for more details.

-Cisco is working on getting the code separated from dependancies. We

-want to checking that there are no existing known security

-vulnerabilities listed against it because existing products use this

-code and it would be bad to zero day our own products. We also go

-through a legal process to open source code that takes time.

+This repo has no codec code yet (only the code for the website, in the gh-pages

+branch). The code exists, and is used internally in Cisco products. But before

+we can release it and start the public project, we need to do the following

+things:

-Right now the only thing in the repo is the HTML for the

-www.openh264.org website in the gh-pages branch.

+* Separate the code from its dependencies on Cisco source code which is not

+  intended to be open sourced;

+* Check that we won't 0-day other Cisco products by releasing code which

+  has known unpublished security vulnerabilities;

-Open Source H.264 Codec 

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+* Make sure all the legal processes necessary before opening code have been

+  completed.

-This goal of this project is to have a BSD licensed open source H.264

-codec that is suitable for use in real time applications such as

-WebRTC.

-

+We hope to have these steps completed soon.