Have the patents for H.264 MPEG-4 AVC expired yet?
Have the patents for H.264 MPEG-4 AVC expired yet?
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/22949658
If I'm interpreting this correctly, many MP4 patents are going to expire next year. 🎉
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How would the patents expiring help the common man?
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And free and open source software can be written, shared and used without potentially getting sued. And these projects power lots of things.
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To be fair, this is mainly a US issue. VLC (French) has provided h264 encoders and decoders for years.
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I mean ffmpeg, GStreamer etc also provide the encoders and decoders. That doesn't make it legal. I think they're all (including VLC) threatened by software patents. But you're right. There are differences between the EU and other jurisdictions.
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Because patents cause issues for free software. Some examples:
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The devices implementing the patented codecs may become cheaper.
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They won't.
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That's absurd. This crap is pennies. $30 kid toys pay 264. The codec was commidized nearly a decade ago.
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Oh you sweet child.
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