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patent encumbered. non-starter.
by DoctorNick 7y ago
patent encumbered. non-starter.
- pgeorgi 7y agoAnd worse than what the wikipedia article states (Bellard asserts that devices licensed for HEVC would be able to use BGP since it's the same technology), licenses are usually given for a certain purpose. I'd be wary about reusing licenses for unrelated tasks like that.
- pedrocr 7y agoSeems like the same strategy starting with AV1 would be a good solution.
- dwheeler 7y agoI agree. We already have JPEG, a format that can be used without obvious patent problems. I don't think the world needs a format with obvious patent problems. Saving some bytes is nice, but when people are streaming videos and audio, shaving off a few bytes isn't worth the endless lawsuits.