<s>
OpenH264	B-Language
is	O
a	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
library	B-Library
for	O
real-time	O
encoding	O
and	O
decoding	O
video	O
streams	O
in	O
the	O
H.264/MPEG	B-Application
-4	I-Application
AVC	I-Application
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
terms	O
of	O
the	O
Simplified	B-License
BSD	I-License
License	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
30	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
Rowan	O
Trollope	O
from	O
Cisco	O
Systems	O
announced	O
that	O
Cisco	O
would	O
release	O
both	O
binaries	O
and	O
source	O
code	O
of	O
an	O
H.264	B-Application
video	B-Application
codec	I-Application
called	O
OpenH264	B-Language
under	O
the	O
Simplified	B-License
BSD	I-License
license	I-License
,	O
and	O
pay	O
all	O
royalties	O
for	O
its	O
use	O
to	O
MPEG	O
LA	O
themselves	O
for	O
any	O
software	O
projects	O
that	O
use	O
Cisco	O
's	O
precompiled	O
binaries	O
(	O
thus	O
making	O
Cisco	O
's	O
OpenH264	B-Language
binaries	O
free	O
to	O
use	O
)	O
;	O
any	O
software	O
projects	O
that	O
use	O
Cisco	O
's	O
source	O
code	O
instead	O
of	O
its	O
binaries	O
would	O
be	O
legally	O
responsible	O
for	O
paying	O
all	O
royalties	O
to	O
MPEG	O
LA	O
themselves	O
,	O
however	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
for	O
OpenH264	B-Language
already	O
existed	O
in	O
October	O
2013	O
and	O
was	O
used	O
internally	O
by	O
Cisco	O
products	O
,	O
Cisco	O
did	O
not	O
publish	O
its	O
OpenH264	B-Language
codec	O
immediately	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cisco	O
published	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
of	O
OpenH264	B-Language
on	O
December	O
9	O
,	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
on	O
the	O
day	O
of	O
Cisco	O
's	O
free-use	O
announcement	O
,	O
October	O
30	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
Brendan	O
Eich	O
from	O
Mozilla	B-Operating_System
wrote	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
use	O
Cisco	O
's	O
binaries	O
in	O
future	O
versions	O
of	O
Firefox	O
to	O
add	O
support	O
for	O
H.264	B-Application
to	O
Firefox	O
where	O
platform	O
codecs	O
are	O
not	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2014	O
,	O
Mozilla	B-Operating_System
launched	O
Firefox	O
33	O
,	O
the	O
first	O
major	O
release	O
to	O
support	O
OpenH264	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenH264	B-Language
is	O
designed	O
to	O
be	O
used	O
in	O
applications	O
that	O
require	O
encoding	O
and	O
decoding	O
video	O
in	O
real	O
time	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
WebRTC	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
