4 ms·

HEIC is based on H.265, so there is a whole separate organization dedicated licensing and litigating its patents.

• gbear605 6y ago
  No? It’s an ISO standard that’s separate from H.265. Maybe you’re thinking of HEVC, which is like that. (Alternatively I’m wrong, which is totally possible)
  • nshepperd 6y ago
    HEIC is defined as HEVC in a HEIF container. So yes, it's patent encumbered. Edit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Efficiency_Image_File_Format#HEIC:_HEVC_in_HEIF https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Efficiency_Image_File_For...
    • gbear605 6y ago
      I learned something today, thanks :)