OpenWebRTC
 | |
| Original author(s) | Ericsson |
|---|---|
| Initial release | September 2014 |
| Preview release | 0.3.0
/ 25 April 2015 |
| Repository | |
| Written in | |
| Standard(s) | WebRTC |
| License | BSD (free software) |
| Website | github |
OpenWebRTC (OWR) is a free
application programming interfaces defined by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). It is an alternative to the reference implementation that is based on software from Global IP Solutions
(GIPS).
It is published under the terms of the
OS X, and Android operating systems. It is meant to also work outside web browsers, e.g. to power native mobile apps
.
It is mostly written in
Cisco
pays the patent licensing bills.
Development of OpenWebRTC started at Ericsson Research under the lead of Stefan Ålund. They released it as free software in September 2014, together with the proof-of-concept web browser "Bowser" that is based on the stack. Among other things, this initial version didn't support data channels yet and was said to still be less mature than Google's reference implementation.
References
- Meyer, David (2 October 2014). "Ericsson open-sources OpenWebRTC, providing rival to Google's WebRTC implementation". GigaOm. Knowingly.
- Ricknäs, Mikael (2 October 2014). "Ericsson releases WebRTC browser and framework as open source". IDG.
- Grüner, Sebastian (2 October 2014). "Ericsson: Freies WebRTC-Framework für native Client-Software". golem.de.
- Levent-Levi, Tsahi (3 November 2014). "What's Behind Ericsson's OpenWebRTC Project?". blogGeek.me.
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