Sheldon stood in the middle of the living room, arms crossed. "I have decided: OpenH264 is an ethically ambiguous compromise, like democracy or pasteurized cheese. I will use it, but I will never fully trust it."
Sheldon, now fourteen, sat hunched over his Compaq Presario, his fingers hovering above the keyboard like a concert pianist about to strike a wrong chord on purpose. On the screen, lines of C++ code scrolled past. He had not spoken in forty-seven minutes. young sheldon s07e12 openh264
Sheldon finally swiveled around, his eyes wide with genuine distress. "OpenH264, Missy. Cisco's open-source H.264 video codec. It powers video calls, streaming, probably even your vapid television programs." Sheldon stood in the middle of the living room, arms crossed
"No," Sheldon whispered. "That's the problem. It should cost something. But it doesn't. Because Cisco pays the patent license fees for the binary module. So I can use it for free, as long as I don't sell the app. But what if I accept a gift basket as payment? What if the gift basket contains pecans? Are pecans fungible with money?" On the screen, lines of C++ code scrolled past