What Mozilla should do is patent the hell of out everything they are currently developing. One way out is a MAD style codec arms race. You <i>have</i> to get the other side to capitulate, to tap out. If you have no patents you have no leverage. The problem with the licensing &quot;authorities&quot; is that they are borg like in that hundreds of orgs have put patents in the pool. Nocking out a patent or two won&#x27;t effect them.