VP8 is BSD-licensed. It's not supported in Safari and Apple has said they have no plans to do so.
That's because this whole codec thing is about patent licensing, not copyright licensing, so the fact that the code is BSD-licensed for copyright purposes is irrelevant.
The result is that for the HTML video tag, for example, it's Apple and Microsoft that don't support VP8 and Theora, and Mozilla and Opera that don't support H.264, all for patent licensing, not copyright, reasons. The corresponding situation with WebRTC is still in flux.
That's because this whole codec thing is about patent licensing, not copyright licensing, so the fact that the code is BSD-licensed for copyright purposes is irrelevant.
The result is that for the HTML video tag, for example, it's Apple and Microsoft that don't support VP8 and Theora, and Mozilla and Opera that don't support H.264, all for patent licensing, not copyright, reasons. The corresponding situation with WebRTC is still in flux.