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Am I reading it right ? The text says: > But there is a big news: MPEG passed away on 2020/06/02T16:30 CEST. Does that really mean MPEG is no more ? Or is it h

Am I reading it right ? The text says: > But there is a big news: MPEG passed away on 2020/06/02T16:30 CEST. Does that really mean MPEG is no more ? Or is it hyperbole about something that happened 2nd of june ? This would be huge (and really sad).

phkahler 6y ago
I would guess a patent expired, or the cartel disbanded or something like that. It's only dead to those who cant profit from it any more.
blihp 6y ago
Dead in the sense that presumably the last patent expired. So it's now dead like MP3 is dead... free to use by anyone.
TD-Linux 6y ago
That is the date of an ISO resolution to split MPEG into several separate working groups, a political decision (which doesn't disband MPEG in any way). A bit more detail: https://twitter.com/enginetankard/status/1269409381495365632 https://twitter.com/enginetankard/status/1269409381495365632