Developer wants to stick an H.264 fork in Firefox

The idea that software patents don't exist in Europe and the related idea that the MPEG patents are "software patents" (as defined by?) seems particularly pernicious.

You'd think all the highly paid lawyers working for the large European companies that MPEG-LA have sued would have brought this revelation up in court.

(I liked how they say "apart from patent issues" and then list two other major problems that H.264 poses to Firefox, both due entirely to patents.)

Isn't this why Firefox has extensions? Just write an extension to add H.264 support.