Yes. BPG (and H.265 it uses) may be technically excellent, but H.265 is a commercial patent-encumbered codec. Patents cover any implementation, even free and op

Yes. BPG (and H.265 it uses) may be technically excellent, but H.265 is a commercial patent-encumbered codec. Patents cover any implementation, even free and open-source ones, so in countries that allow software patents BPG is illegal to use without a patent license for H.265. "Hope you're not worth suing" may be an OK strategy for many people using BPG on their websites, but it's a blocker for wide adoption of the format. The licensing situation is so bad, that the industry went all behind the AV1 alternative, and the AVIF format rides that wave. https://aomedia.org/ https://aomedia.org/