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> The AV1 Image File Format (AVIF) is a powerful, open source, royalty-free file format. Is "royalty-free" an unequivocal good, or a good with caveats? I woul
by AdmiralAsshat 5y ago
> The AV1 Image File Format (AVIF) is a powerful, open source, royalty-free file format.
Is "royalty-free" an unequivocal good, or a good with caveats?
I would assume it means you don't have to pay licensing to encode or decode the format. Are there any restrictions?
- belval 5y agoPretty much unequivocal good if you want state-of-the-art compression and live in a country that enforce patents. The Wikipedia page for AV1 explains it well I think: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AV1#Purpose https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AV1#Purpose
- jagger27 5y agolibavif seems to be licensed under 2-clause BSD, which is very permissive.