Last week there was great progress towards a truly open video codec, with the formation of the Alliance for Open Media (http://aomedia.org/). This alliance makes substantial strides forward in bringing "open as in standard" and "open as in free" to the VPx codecs, by providing a forum for their evolution in which new technologies (like Thor) and IPR processes (such as the ones we developed for Thor) can be brought to the table. We're excited to be part of the Alliance.