Have the patents for H.264 MPEG-4 AVC expired yet? - Meta
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    • patatahooligan@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      7 days ago

      Because patents cause issues for free software. Some examples:

      • As far as I can tell, vlc is legal only because French law does not recognize software patents, see here.
      • HDMI 2.1 support in AMDGPU is impossible, see here.
      • I think Media Foundation is unsupported in Proton because of patents as well, though I’m having trouble finding a reliable source on that.
    • hendrik@palaver.p3x.deEnglish
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      7 days ago

      And free and open source software can be written, shared and used without potentially getting sued. And these projects power lots of things.