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What makes it seem probable that it is patent-encumbered? Is there something specific I can read about or is it just the track record of previous standards (st
by DaveFlater 3y ago
What makes it seem probable that it is patent-encumbered? Is there something specific I can read about or is it just the track record of previous standards (starting with arithmetic encoding in the first JPEG)?
- boatsie 3y agoPretty much all modern video/audio/image codecs are, look at HEIC for example.
- cjawdb 3y agoHEIC is barely used and seems very cherry-picked to find something that IS still royalty encumbered. >Pretty much all modern video/audio/image codecs are The exact opposite is true. The most popular modern codecs are almost all royalty-free. WebP, AVIF, JXL are all royalty-free. VP9/AV1 are royalty-free. Opus is royalty-free.