“Several months ago a workgroup of the W3C decided to include Ogg/Theora Vorbis as the recommended baseline video codec standard for HTML5, against Apple’s aggressive protest. Now, Nokia seems to be seeking a reversal of that decision: they have released a position paper calling Ogg ‘proprietary’ and citing the importance of DRM support. Nokia has historically responded to questions about Ogg on their internet tablets with strange and inconsistent answers, along with hand waving about their legal department. This latest step is enough to really make you wonder what they are really up to.”

They are trying to confuse people, as Ogg is a propietary codec, but free. Is not privative, but has an owner. The Xiph Fundation bought it and applied a “non-patentization” license to it. Nokia lawyers like to play with words.

Read more at: Slashdot | Nokia Claims Ogg Format is “Proprietary”