I think you're confused here. Let me try to explain with an example. Mozilla provides sources and binary blobs both. The latter in no way negates the former.
Cisco will be providing sources and binary blobs both, and the latter in no way negates the former.
Yes, there's "a catch". The catch is, though you get a BSD code license on the source that allows you to redistribute the the source, you do not get a patent license for shipping products based on that source. The only patent protection you can get from Cisco is from their specific binary.
Cisco's isn't the first open source H264 codec and it won't be the last, but it's the only one that comes with patent help and that's what makes it different from the others.
Cisco will be providing sources and binary blobs both, and the latter in no way negates the former.
Yes, there's "a catch". The catch is, though you get a BSD code license on the source that allows you to redistribute the the source, you do not get a patent license for shipping products based on that source. The only patent protection you can get from Cisco is from their specific binary.
Cisco's isn't the first open source H264 codec and it won't be the last, but it's the only one that comes with patent help and that's what makes it different from the others.